[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) › 22.13 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 22.13 大慧普覺禪師語錄 22.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22.13) 此事不可以有心求，不可以無心得，不可以語言造，不可以寂默通，於此四句無用心處，方始可以提撕此箇消息也。佛說：「世出世間功德，無如無心功德最大而不可思議。」不見釋迦老子在般若會上，問文殊師利菩薩云：「汝入不思議三昧耶？」文殊云：「弗也。世尊！我即不思議，不見有心能思議者，云何而言入不思議三昧？我初發心欲入是定，如今思惟實無心想而入三昧。如人學射，久習則巧，後雖無心，以久習故箭發皆中。我亦如是，初學不思議三昧，繫心一緣，若久習成就，則更無心想，常與定俱。」得到這箇田地，方始可說那伽常在定，無有不定時。所以佛說：「無心功德直是殊勝，直是無較量處。」今說無心，非如世間土木瓦石頑然無知之無心，差之毫釐失之千里，不可不諦審觀察也。 > This matter cannot be sought with mind, cannot be attained without mind, cannot be reached through language, and cannot be penetrated through silence. Only when there is no place to apply the mind within these four propositions can one begin to raise and examine this news. The Buddha said: 'Among worldly and world-transcending merits, none is as great and inconceivable as the merit of no-mind.' Have you not seen that Old Man Śākya, at the prajñā assembly, asked the Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī: 'Have you entered the inconceivable samādhi?' Mañjuśrī said: 'No, World-Honoured One! I am myself the inconceivable, and I do not see that there is any mind capable of conceiving; how can one speak of entering the inconceivable samādhi? When I first aroused the resolve, I wished to enter this samādhi, but reflecting on it now, there is truly no mental thought, yet I enter samādhi. Like a person learning archery: with long practice he becomes skillful; later, though he has no mind \[to aim\], because of long practice every arrow shot hits the mark. I am also like this: when first learning the inconceivable samādhi, I tied my mind to a single condition; when through long practice it is accomplished, there are no longer any mental thoughts, and I am constantly united with samādhi.' Only when one reaches this stage can it be said that the nāga is constantly in samādhi, with no time when he is not in samādhi. Therefore the Buddha said: 'The merit of no-mind is truly superior, truly incomparable.' What is now spoken of as no-mind is not like the insensate no-mind of worldly earth, wood, tiles, and stones; a discrepancy of a hair's breadth is a loss of a thousand miles, and one must examine and observe it closely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22.12) - [Next: 22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22.14) - [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.22.13) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.45.2.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.22.13) · Pramāṇa