[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) › 4.40 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.40 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.40) 垂示云。途中受用底。似虎靠山。世諦流布底。如猿在檻。欲知佛性義。當觀時節因緣。欲煅百鍊精金。須是作家爐韛。且道大用現前底。將什麼試驗。 > The pointer says: One who functions halfway along the road is like a tiger leaning against a mountain; one who circulates within conventional truth is like an ape in a cage. If you wish to know the meaning of Buddha-nature, you should observe the conditions of time and season; if you wish to forge hundred-times-refined pure gold, it takes the hearth and bellows of an adept. Tell me: for one before whom the great function is manifested, what do you use to test him? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.39) - [Next: 4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.41) - [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.4.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.40) · Pramāṇa