[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) › 1.44 # 禪林寶訓 1.44 禪林寶訓 1.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.44) 白雲謂無為子曰。可言不可行。不若勿言。可行不可言。不若勿行。發言必慮其所終。立行必稽其所蔽。於是先哲謹於言擇於行。發言非苟顯其理。將啟學者之未悟。立行非獨善其身。將訓學者之未成。所以發言有類立行有禮。遂能言不集禍行不招辱。言則為經。行則為法。故曰。言行乃君子之樞機治身之大本。動天地感鬼神。得不敬乎（白雲廣錄）。 > Baiyun said to Wuweizi, “What can be spoken of but cannot be practiced is better left unsaid; what can be practiced but cannot be spoken of is better left undone. In speaking words, one must consider their final outcome; in establishing practice, one must examine its potential harms. Thereupon, the former wise ones were cautious in their words and discerning in their deeds. In speaking words, it was not merely to show off their principles, but to inspire unawakened students; in establishing practice, it was not merely for personal perfection, but to instruct students who had not yet matured. Therefore, their spoken words had structure and their established practices had propriety; consequently, their words did not accumulate misfortune, and their actions did not court disgrace. Their words became classics, and their actions became models. Thus it is said, ‘Words and deeds are the hinge and spring of the gentleman, the great root of personal cultivation.’ They move heaven and earth and affect ghosts and spirits—how could one not be reverent toward them?” (Baiyun's Broad Records) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.43) - [Next: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.45) - [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.1.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.44) · Pramāṇa