[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) › 20.16 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 20.16 大慧普覺禪師語錄 20.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.20.16) 學世間法，全仗口議心思，學出世間法，用口議心思則遠矣。佛不云乎：「是法非思量分別之所能解。」永嘉云：「損法財、滅功德，莫不由茲心意識。」蓋心意識乃思量分別之窟宅也。決欲荷擔此段大事因緣，請猛著精彩，把這箇來為先鋒、去為殿後底，生死魔根一刀斫斷，便是徹頭時節。正當恁麼時，方用得口議心思著。何以故？第八識既除，則生死魔無處捿泊，生死魔無捿泊處，則思量分別底，渾是般若妙智，更無毫髮許為我作障。所以道：「觀法先後，以智分別，是非審定，不違法印。」得到這箇田地了，儘作聰明、儘說道理，皆是大寂滅、大究竟、大解脫境界，更非他物。故盤山云：「全心即佛，全佛即人。」是也。未得如是，直須行住坐臥勿令心意識得其便，久久純熟，自然不著用力排遣矣。思之。 > Studying mundane dharmas relies entirely on oral debate and mental deliberation; in studying supramundane dharmas, if one uses oral debate and mental deliberation, one is far off indeed. Has not the Buddha said: "This Dharma is not something that can be understood by thinking and conceptual discrimination"? Yongjia said: "Wasting the wealth of Dharma and annihilating merit—nothing is not caused by this mind, intellect, and consciousness." Mind, intellect, and consciousness are indeed the den of thinking and conceptual discrimination. If you are determined to shoulder this great cause, please summon up fierce energy and, with a single slash of the blade, sever this root of the demon of birth and death that comes as the vanguard and departs as the rearguard; this will be the time of thorough penetration. Precisely at such a time, oral debate and mental deliberation may first be put to use. Why is this? Once the eighth consciousness is eliminated, the demon of birth and death has nowhere to roost; with nowhere for the demon of birth and death to roost, that which thinks and discriminates is entirely the wondrous wisdom of prajñā, without the slightest hair remaining to form an obstacle for me. Therefore it is said: "Observe the sequence of dharmas, discriminate with wisdom, deliberate and determine right and wrong, not violating the seal of Dharma." Having reached this ground, completely displaying cleverness and completely explaining principles are all the realm of great cessation, great consummation, and great liberation, and nothing else. Therefore Panshan said: "The whole mind is just Buddha; the whole Buddha is just man." This is it. Before attaining this, you must simply not let the mind, intellect, and consciousness have their way while walking, standing, sitting, or lying down. After a long time, when it has become completely ripe, naturally you will not need to exert effort to dismiss them. Reflect upon this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.20.15) - [Next: 20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.20.17) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.20.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.20.16) · Pramāṇa