[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) › 2.6 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 2.6 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 2.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2.6) 垂示云。殺人刀活人劍。乃上古之風規。亦今時之樞要。若論殺也。不傷一毫。若論活也。喪身失命。所以道。向上一路。千聖不傳。學者勞形。如猿捉影。且道。既是不傳。為什麼。却有許多葛藤公案。具眼者。試說看。 > The Pointer says: > The sword that kills and the sword that brings life were the customs of high antiquity, and are also the pivotal essentials of the present day. If one speaks of killing, not a hair is harmed; if one speaks of giving life, body and life are lost. Therefore it is said: "The transcendent path is not transmitted by the thousand sages; students wear out their bodies like monkeys grasping at shadows." Tell me, since it is not transmitted, why then are there so many entangling gong'an? Those with the eye, try to say. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2.5) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2.7) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.2.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2.6) · Pramāṇa