[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) › 24.12 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 24.12 大慧普覺禪師語錄 24.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.24.12) 道不可學，學而得之非實得也，道亦不可不學，不學亦無得期，學與不學、得與不得，於此道了無交涉。請快著精彩，向無交涉處轉身一擲，則學心無學心、得心非得心，如湯沃雪，始知從前作祟，皆是本自家親，總不干他閑神野鬼之事。所以睦州纔見僧入門，便云：「現成公案，放爾三十棒。」趙州見僧入門，便云：「辜負老僧。」二老如金翅擘海直取龍吞，懵懂之流如何商量、如何湊泊？還有為人底道理麼？不可聞恁麼道了，便只恁麼休去歇去，還歇得也未？古人訶為落空亡底外道魂，不散底死人，要得直截無事，但於不可學處，試進一步看。若進得這一步，三乘十二分教，天下老和尚橫說竪說、直說曲說、讚說毀說、隨俗說顯了說，當甚熱盌鳴聲？嚴禪還信得及麼？莫記吾語。 > The Way cannot be learned; if it is attained through learning, it is not true attainment. The Way also cannot not be learned; if one does not learn, there will be no time of attainment. Learning and not learning, attaining and not attaining, have no connection whatsoever with this Way. Please quickly gather your spirit, turn around and cast yourself into the place where there is no connection; then the learning mind and the non-learning mind, the attaining mind and the non-attaining mind, will be like boiling water poured on snow. Only then will you know that what caused haunting in the past was all your own family members, having nothing to do with idle spirits or wild ghosts. Therefore, as soon as Muzhou saw a monk enter the gate, he would say, "A ready-made gong'an; I spare you thirty blows." As soon as Zhaozhou saw a monk enter the gate, he would say, "You let down this old monk." These two old masters were like garuḍas cleaving the sea, directly seizing and swallowing dragons. How can the muddle-headed deliberate? How can they draw near? Is there any principle for guiding people here? Having heard this said, you must not simply rest and desist like that. Have you rested yet? The ancients rebuked this as the soul of a non-Buddhist fallen into the void, or an unscattered corpse. If you wish to be direct and without contrivance, just take a step forward at the place that cannot be learned and look. If you can take this step, what ringing sound of a hot bowl do the three vehicles and twelve divisions of the teachings, and the old venerable monks of the world speaking horizontally and vertically, speaking directly and crookedly, speaking in praise and censure, speaking according with conventions and speaking explicitly, amount to? Chan practitioner Yan, can you believe this thoroughly? Do not memorize my words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.24.11) - [Next: 24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.24.13) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.24.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.24.12) · Pramāṇa