[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) › 19.41 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 19.41 大慧普覺禪師語錄 19.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.19.41) 古人入門便棒便喝，唯恐學者承當不性燥，況忉忉怛怛，說事說理、說玄說妙，草裏輥耶？近年已來，此道衰微，據高座為人師者，只以古人公案，或褒或貶，或密室傳授，為禪道者；或以默然無言，為威音那畔空劫已前事，為禪道者；或以眼見耳聞舉覺提撕，為禪道者；或以猖狂妄行擊石火閃電光，舉了便會了，一切撥無，為禪道者。如此等既非，却那箇是著實處？若有著實處，則與此等何異？具眼者舉起便知。 > When someone entered their gate, the ancients would immediately strike and shout, fearing only that the student would not undertake it with urgency, let alone chattering on, speaking of phenomena and principle, speaking of the mysterious and wondrous, rolling about in the grass! In recent years, this Way has declined. Those who occupy the high seat and act as teachers merely take the gong'ans of the ancients, praising or disparaging them, or making secret-room transmissions, regarding these as the Chan Way; or they take remaining silent without words, as the matter before the empty kalpa on that other side of King of Awesome Sound, regarding it as the Chan Way; or they take raising and scrutinizing what the eye sees and the ear hears, regarding it as the Chan Way; or they take wild and reckless action, striking sparks and flashing lightning, understanding as soon as it is brought up, negating everything, regarding it as the Chan Way. Since these are all wrong, what then is the genuine place? If there were a genuine place, how would it differ from these? One who possesses the eye knows as soon as it is raised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.19.40) - [Next: 19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.19.42) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.19.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.19.41) · Pramāṇa