[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大慧普覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a) › 11.74 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 11.74 大慧普覺禪師語錄 11.74 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [11.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.11.74) 未點先行不唧𠺕，不撥自轉已出醜，那堪更鼓兩片皮，豈止鑿空開戶牖。火中木馬空嘶鳴，水底泥牛謾哮吼，用禪用禪聽我言，拶到懸崖須放手。 > Acting before the signal is clumsy; > turning unprompted already reveals ugliness. > How can one bear further flapping two strips of skin— > does that not merely gouge out empty space to cut windows? > A wooden horse whinnies in vain amid fire; > a mud ox bellows fruitlessly on the waterbed. > Chan practitioner Yong, listen to my words: > when pressed to the edge of the cliff, you must let go your hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.11.73) - [Next: 11.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.11.75) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.11.74) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.11.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.11.74) · Pramāṇa