[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) › 5.34 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 5.34 大慧普覺禪師語錄 5.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.5.34) 天童覺和尚遺書至，受書云：「古人道：『末後一句始到牢關，把斷要津不通凡聖。』」舉起書云：「這箇是天童和尚末後把斷要津全提底消息，還委悉麼？如未委悉，却請維那分明說破。」宣了遂陞座云：「法幢摧、法梁折，法河乾、法眼滅，雖然如是，正是天童真實說，且道：說底事作麼生？知音知後更誰知。」 > When the posthumous letter from Reverend Jue of Tiantong arrived, the Master received the letter and said, "The ancients said: 'Only at the final word does one reach the firm pass; barring the vital ford, it admits neither commoner nor sage.'" Holding up the letter, he said, "This is Reverend Tiantong's message of barring the vital ford at the end, fully presented. Do you understand thoroughly? If you do not yet understand thoroughly, please have the karmadāna explain it clearly." After it was proclaimed, he ascended the seat and said, "The Dharma banner has fallen; the Dharma ridgepole has broken. The Dharma river has dried up; the Dharma eye has been extinguished. Even so, this is precisely Tiantong's true teaching. Tell me: what about the matter he spoke of? After an intimate friend understands, who else understands?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.5.33) - [Next: 5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.5.35) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.5.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.5.34) · Pramāṇa