[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) › [禪林寶訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022) › 1.40 # 禪林寶訓 1.40 禪林寶訓 1.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.40) 演祖謂郭功輔曰。人之性情固無常守隨化日遷。自古佛法雖隆替有數。而興衰之理。未有不由教化而成。昔江西南嶽諸祖之利物也。扇以淳風節以清淨。被以道德教以禮義。使學者收視聽塞邪僻。絕嗜慾忘利養。所以日遷善遠過。道成德備而不自知。今之人不如古之人遠矣。必欲參究此道。要須確志勿易以悟為期。然後禍患得喪付之造物。不可苟免。豈可預憂其不成而不為之耶。纔有絲毫顧慮萌于胸中。不獨今生不了。以至千生萬劫。無有成就之時（坦然菴集）。 > Yanzu said to Guo Gongfu, “Human nature and feelings indeed have no permanent constancy; they shift with daily influence. From antiquity, although the flourish and decline of the Buddha-Dharma have their destined cycles, the principle behind flourishing and decay has never failed to be brought about by teaching and transforming. In the past, when the various patriarchs of Jiangxi and Nanyue benefited living beings, they fanned them with a pure and simple wind, regulated them with purity, cloaked them in the Way and virtue, and instructed them in propriety and righteousness. They caused students to rein in their seeing and hearing, block depravity and perversity, sever cravings and desires, and forget gain and support. Therefore, day by day, they moved toward goodness and distanced themselves from faults; their Way was fulfilled and their virtue complete without their being aware of it themselves. People of today fall far short of the ancients. If one is determined to investigate this Way, one must be firm of purpose, never alter it, and take awakening as the deadline. After that, one should entrust misfortunes, gains, and losses to the Creator, not seeking improper escape. How could one worry in advance about not succeeding and so not do it? The moment the slightest thread of anxious concern sprouts within the breast, not only will this life remain unsettled, but even for thousands of lives and myriads of kalpas, there will never come a time of accomplishment.” (Collected Works of Tanran'an) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.39) - [Next: 1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.41) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022~en-mt.1.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.40) · Pramāṇa