[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) › 8.18 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 8.18 大慧普覺禪師語錄 8.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.18) 示眾，舉：「教中道：『生滅滅已，寂滅現前。』」師云：「真生無可生，真滅無可滅，寂滅忽現前，蝦蟆吞却月。」 > He instructed the assembly by citing: "In the teachings it says: 'When arising and ceasing are extinguished, quiescent extinction appears before you.'" > > The Master said: "True arising has nothing that can arise; true ceasing has nothing that can cease. When quiescent extinction suddenly appears before you, the toad swallows the moon." He stepped down from the seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.17) - [Next: 8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.19) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.8.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.18) · Pramāṇa