[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) › 22.11 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 22.11 大慧普覺禪師語錄 22.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22.11) 佛言：「若有欲知佛境界，當淨其意如虛空，遠離妄想及諸取，令心所向皆無礙。」佛境界即當人自心現量，不動不變之體也。佛之一字，向自心體上亦無著處，借此字以覺之而已。何以知之？佛者覺義，為眾生無始時來不信自心現量本自具足，而隨逐客塵煩惱流轉三界受種種苦，故苦相現時，自心現量之體隨苦流蕩，故諸佛愍眾生流蕩之，故借佛字以覺之。既已覺，則佛之一字亦無用處。佛是眾生藥，眾生病除，則佛藥無用。凡看經教及古德因緣，當如是學。 > The Buddha said: 'If anyone wishes to know the realm of the Buddha, he should purify his mind to be like empty space, leaving far behind delusive thoughts and all grasping, making the direction of his mind entirely unobstructed.' The realm of the Buddha is precisely the immediate perception of one's own mind, the unchanging, immovable essence. The single word 'Buddha' also has no place to alight upon the essence of one's own mind; this word is merely borrowed to awaken to it. How is this known? 'Buddha' has the meaning of awakening. Because from beginningless time sentient beings do not believe that their own mind's immediate perception is originally complete in itself, and instead follow after adventitious defilements, wandering through the three realms and suffering various pains, when the marks of suffering appear, the essence of their own mind's immediate perception drifts along with suffering. Therefore, all buddhas, pitying sentient beings' drifting, borrow the word 'Buddha' to awaken them. Once awakened, the single word 'Buddha' also has no use. The Buddha is medicine for sentient beings; once the sentient beings' disease is removed, the Buddha-medicine is of no use. Whenever looking at scriptural teachings and the causal conditions of the ancient worthies, one should learn in this manner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22.10) - [Next: 22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22.12) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.22.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22.11) · Pramāṇa