[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) › 3.21 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.21 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3.21) 垂示云。機不離位。墮在毒海。語不驚群。陷於流俗。忽若擊石火裏別緇素。閃電光中辨殺活。可以坐斷十方。壁立千仞。還知有恁麼時節麼。試舉看。 > The pointer says: If dynamic function does not leave its position, it sinks into a sea of poison. If words do not startle the crowd, they fall into common conventions. If you suddenly distinguish black from white within the spark of a flint, and discern killing and giving life in a flash of lightning, you can sit and cut off the ten directions, standing like a wall a thousand fathoms high. Do you still know there is such a juncture? To test, I cite this: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3.20) - [Next: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3.22) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.3.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3.21) · Pramāṇa