[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) › [禪關策進](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024) › 1.12 # 禪關策進 1.12 禪關策進 1.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1.12) 汝但究理坐看三二十年。若不會截取老僧頭去○老僧四十年不雜用心。除二時粥飯。是雜用心處。 > “Just investigate the principle, sitting and watching for twenty or thirty years; if you do not understand, take this old monk's head and cut it off!” ○ “This old monk did not apply his mind to extraneous matters for forty years, except during the two meals of gruel and rice, which were times when the mind was mixed.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1.11) - [Next: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1.13) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024~en-mt.1.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1.12) · Pramāṇa