[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) › [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076) › 29.24 # 景德傳燈錄 29.24 景德傳燈錄 29.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.24) 夜半子。心住無生即生死。生死何曾屬有無。用時便用沒文字。祖師言外邊事。識取起時還不是。作意搜求實沒蹤。生死魔來任相試。 > At midnight, the hour of zi: / The mind abiding in non-arising is itself birth and death. / When have birth and death ever belonged to being or non-being? / When using it, just use it without letters. / The Patriarchs' words are outside matters; / Recognize it when it arises, yet it is still not it. / Deliberately searching, there are truly no traces; / Let the māras of birth and death come to test as they will. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.23) - [Next: 29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.25) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.29.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.24) · Pramāṇa