[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) › 1.16 # 禪關策進 1.16 禪關策進 1.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1.16) 莫只忘形與死心。此箇難醫病最深。直須提起吹毛利。 要剖西來第一義。瞠却眼兮剔起眉。 反覆看渠渠是誰。若人靜坐不用功。何年及第悟心空。 > Do not merely forget the physical form and deaden the mind; / this illness is the hardest to cure, the most profound. / You must directly lift up the hair-severing blade, / needing to lay bare the primary meaning of the coming from the West. / Stare wide with your eyes and raise your eyebrows; / look repeatedly at that one—who is that one? / If a person sits quietly without applying effort, / in what year will they pass the examination and awaken to the emptiness of mind? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1.15) - [Next: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1.17) - [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.1.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [緇門警訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2024.1.16) · Pramāṇa