[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) › [佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003) › 1.4 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 1.4 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 1.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.1.4) 碧巖集者。圜悟大師之所述也。其大弟子大慧禪師。乃焚棄其書。世間種種法皆忌執著。釋子所歸敬莫如佛。猶有時而罵之。蓋有我而無彼。由我而不由彼也。舍己徇物。必至於失己。夫心與道一。道與萬物一。充滿太虛。何適而非道。第常人觀之。能見其所見。而不見其所不見。求之於人。而人語之。如東坡日喻之說。往復推測。愈遠愈失。自吾夫子體道。猶欲無言。而況佛氏為出世間法。而可文字言語而求之哉。雖然亦有不可廢者。智者少而愚者多。已學者少未學者多。大藏經五千餘卷。盡為未來世設。苟可以忘言。釋迦老子便當閉口。何至如是叨叨。天下之理。固有不離尋常之中。而超出於尋常之表。雖若易知。而實未易知者。不求之於人。則終身不可得。古者名世之人。非千人之英。則萬人之傑也。太阿之劍。天下之利劍也。登山則戮虎豹。入水則剸蛟龍。人之知之。盡於是已。然古人有善用之者。乘城而戰。順風而揮之。三軍為之大敗。流血赭乎千里。是豈可以一己之所能。而盡疑之哉。自吾聞有是書。求之甚至。嵎中張氏。始更刻木。來謀於予。遂贊而成之。且為題其首。大德九年歲乙巳。三月吉日。玉岑休休居士。聊城周馳。書於錢唐觀橋寓舍。 > The Biyan ji was composed by the Great Master Yuanwu. His senior disciple, Chan Master Dahui, then burned and discarded the book. The myriad conditioned phenomena of the mundane world all shun clinging; among what the disciples of the Śākya clan take refuge in and revere, nothing surpasses the Buddha, yet at times they still scold him. This is because there is the self and no other; it proceeds from oneself and does not depend on others. To abandon oneself and follow external objects inevitably leads to losing oneself. Now, the mind and the Way are one; the Way and the myriad phenomena are one; filling the great void, where could one go that is not the Way? Ordinary people observing it merely see what can be seen and do not see what cannot be seen. When seeking it from others and having others speak of it, it is like Dongpo's parable of the sun: deducing back and forth, the farther one goes, the more one loses it. Even when our Master Confucius embodied the Way, he still wished to be without words; how much more so for the Buddha's world-transcending Dharma—can it be sought through written words and speech? Nevertheless, there is also that which cannot be discarded. The wise are few and the foolish are many; those who have learned are few, and those who have not yet learned are many. The more than five thousand fascicles of the Tripiṭaka were all set forth for future generations. If one could truly forget words, old Śākyamuni should have kept his mouth shut; why would he go so far as to chatter endlessly? The principles under heaven indeed reside in the midst of the ordinary while transcending the surface of the ordinary. Though seemingly easy to understand, they are in truth not easy to understand; if one does not seek them from others, one will never attain them throughout one's life. The renowned men of antiquity were either the elites among thousands or the heroes among tens of thousands. The sword Tai'e was the sharpest blade under heaven; ascending a mountain it slew tigers and leopards, and entering the water it cut through flood dragons. That is all people know of it. Yet the ancients had those skilled in using it: mounting the city walls to do battle, they brandished it along with the wind; the three armies suffered a crushing defeat, and blood flowed red for a thousand li. How could one doubt this entirely on the basis of what an individual alone can do? Ever since I heard of this book, I sought it with utmost diligence. Mr. Zhang of Yuzhong recently recut the woodblocks and came to consult with me; I then praised and brought it to fruition, and also wrote this title inscription at its head. Written by the retired scholar Xiuxiu of Yucen, Zhou Chi of Liaocheng, at the Guanshiqiao residence in Qiantang, on an auspicious day in the third month of the yisi year, the ninth year of the Dade era \[1305\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.1.5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.1.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.1.4) · Pramāṇa