[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) › 4.21 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.21 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.21) 垂示云。定龍蛇分玉石。別緇素決猶豫。若不是頂門上有眼。肘臂下有符。往往當頭蹉過。只如今見聞不昧。聲色純真。且道是皂是白。是曲是直。到這裏作麼生辨。 > The pointer says: To determine dragons from snakes, to distinguish jade from stone, to separate black from white, and to resolve hesitation—if one does not have an eye on top of one's head and a talisman under one's elbow, one will often miss it right before one's face. Just now, seeing and hearing are not obscured, sounds and forms are pure and true: tell me, is it black or white, crooked or straight? Arriving here, how do you discern it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.20) - [Next: 4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.22) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.4.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.21) · Pramāṇa