[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) › [真心直說](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a) › 1.13 # 真心直說 1.13 真心直說 1.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1.13) 或曰。妙體已知。何名妙用耶。曰古人云。風動心搖樹。雲生性起塵。若明今日事。昧却本來人。乃妙體起用也。真心妙體本來不動。安靜真常。真體上妙用現前。不妨隨流得妙。故祖師頌云。心隨萬境轉。轉處寔能幽。隨流認得性。無喜亦無憂。故一切時中動用施為。東行西往喫飯著衣。拈匙弄筯左顧右盻。皆是真心妙用現前。凡夫迷倒於著衣時只作著衣會。喫飯時只作喫飯會。一切事業但隨相轉。所以在日用而不覺。在目前而不知。若是識性底人。動用施為不曾昧却。故祖師云。在胎名神。處世名人。在眼觀照。在耳聽聞。在鼻嗅香。在口談論。在手執捉。在足運奔。遍現俱該法界。收攝在一微塵。知之者為是佛性。不識者喚作精魂。所以道吾舞笏。石鞏拈弓。祕魔擎杈。俱胝竪指。忻州打地。雲巖師子。莫不發明這著大用。若於日用不迷。自然縱橫無礙也。 > Someone asked: "The wondrous essence is now understood. What is called the wondrous function?" > It was answered: "An ancient said: 'Wind moves, and the mind stirs the tree; clouds arise, and nature stirs the dust. If one understands today's affairs, one remains oblivious to the original person.' This is the wondrous essence giving rise to function. The wondrous essence of the true mind is originally unmoving, tranquil, and truly constant. When the wondrous function appears upon the true essence, there is no impediment to according with the flow and attaining the wondrous. Therefore, a patriarch said in verse: > 'Mind turns following the ten thousand realms; > The place where it turns is truly profound. > Recognizing the nature while according with the flow, > There is neither joy nor sorrow.' > Therefore, in all times, active functioning and practical conduct—walking east, going west, eating food, wearing robes, holding a spoon, handling chopsticks, looking left, glancing right—are all the wondrous function of the true mind appearing manifest. Deluded ordinary people, when wearing robes, understand it only as wearing robes; when eating food, they understand it only as eating food. In all activities they merely turn following forms. Hence they are in daily functioning yet unawakened, having it before their eyes yet unknowing. If one is a person who recognizes the nature, in active functioning and practical conduct one is never oblivious. Therefore a patriarch said: 'In the womb it is called the spirit; in the world it is called a person. In the eyes it perceives; in the ears it hears. In the nose it smells fragrance; in the mouth it converses. In the hands it grasps; in the feet it runs. Pervasively manifesting, it encompasses the dharmadhātu; gathering inward, it resides in a single atom. Those who know it call it buddhadhātu; those who do not recognize it call it the spirit-soul.' For this reason Daowu danced with the tablet, Shigong drew his bow, Mimo raised his fork, Juzhi held up a finger, Xinzhou struck the ground, and Yunyan \[acted as\] the lion: none failed to make clear this matter of the great function. If one is not deluded in daily functioning, naturally one is unimpeded in all directions." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1.12) - [Next: 1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1.14) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a~en-mt.1.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1.13) · Pramāṇa