[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) › 29.28 # 景德傳燈錄 29.28 景德傳燈錄 29.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.28) 眾生不解修道。便欲斷除煩惱。煩惱本來空寂。將道更欲覓道。一念之心即是。何須別處尋討。大道曉在目前。迷倒愚人不了。佛性天真自然。亦無因緣修造。不識三毒虛假。妄執浮沈生老。昔時迷日（一作未）為晚。今日始覺非早。 > Sentient beings do not understand how to cultivate the Way, / And so they wish to sever afflictions. / Afflictions are fundamentally empty and tranquil; / Taking the Way, they further wish to seek the Way. / The mind of a single thought is itself it; / Why search and investigate elsewhere? / The Great Way is clearly right before your eyes, / Yet deluded, foolish people do not understand. / Buddha-nature is naturally spontaneous, / Neither cultivated nor constructed through causes and conditions. / Not recognizing that the three poisons are unreal, / They falsely grasp at floating, sinking, birth, and old age. / In the past, taking the days of delusion as late, / Today, first awakening, it is still not early. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.27) - [Next: 29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.29) - [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.29.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.28) · Pramāṇa