[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) › 10.9 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 10.9 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 10.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.10.9) 世尊未拈花已前。早有這箇消息。始從鹿野苑。終至拔提河。幾曾用著金剛王寶劍。當時眾中。若有衲僧氣息底漢。綽得去。免得他末後拈花。一場狼藉。世尊良久間。被文殊一拶。便下座。那時也有這箇消息。釋迦掩室。淨名杜口。皆似此這箇。則已說了也。如肅宗問忠國師。造無縫塔話。又如外道問佛。不問有言。不問無言之語。看他向上人行履。幾曾入鬼窟裏作活計。有者道。意在默然處。有者道。在良久處。有言明無言底事。無言明有言底事。永嘉道。默時說說時默。總恁麼會。三生六十劫。也未夢見在。爾若便直下承當得去。更不見有凡有聖。是法平等無有高下。日日與三世諸佛。把手共行。後面看雪竇自然見得頌出。 > Before the World-Honoured One held up the flower, there was already this message. Beginning from Deer Park and ending at the Hiraṇyavatī River, how often did he ever use the precious sword of the Vajra King? At that time, if in the assembly there had been a fellow with the breath of a patch-robed monk who could have snatched it away, it would have saved him from holding up the flower at the very end—a total mess. When the World-Honoured One remained silent for a while, pressed by Mañjuśrī, he immediately stepped down from the seat. At that time there was also this message. Śākyamuni closing his chamber and Vimalakīrti shutting his mouth were both like this; it had already been spoken. It is like Emperor Suzong asking National Teacher Zhong about building a seamless stupa, or like the non-Buddhist asking the Buddha: "I do not ask about what has words, nor do I ask about the wordless." Look at the conduct of those transcendent people: how often did they ever enter a ghost cave to make a living? Some say his intention lay in the silence; some say it lay in the pause; that having words clarifies the wordless matter, or that the wordless clarifies the matter with words. Yongjia said, "Silent, it speaks; speaking, it is silent." If you always understand it like this, even in three lifetimes and sixty kalpas you will not have dreamed of it yet. If you can directly undertake it beneath the words, you will no longer see ordinary or holy: this Dharma is equal, with neither higher nor lower. Day after day you will walk hand in hand with the Buddhas of the three periods of time. Later, look at Xuedou: naturally it can be seen and eulogized. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.10.8) - [Next: 10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.10.10) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.10.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.10.9) · Pramāṇa