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Recorded Sayings of Elder Qianyan (千巖和尚語錄)


示懋禪人
諸佛出世,祖師西來,不過與人做箇證明底而已。且證明箇甚麼?懋禪人今夏道聚山中,秋歸受業方回,乃出紙覓長語,警策做工夫,要透脫生死。此事你須自下手腳,直做到直截不疑之地,方能透得生死,方見諸佛諸祖心髓,方知老僧屋裏底事。所謂啐地折,嚗地斷,絕後再甦,頂門眼活,一口金剛寶劍,亙古亙今,擒縱在我,不由別人,真大自在、大解脫、大丈夫也。若不與麼,隨群逐隊,今日三,明日四,未曾得箇念頭暫時停息,如一鍋沸湯相似,自也下手腳不得,教別人如何下得手腳?煎得乾,無滴水,卻是箇好底時節。恐你又不肯信,卻又去別處尋水來攙,轉見郎當,正是半前不後底溫湯,將來何用?如今決欲了此事,緊咬齒關,硬著脊骨,把趙州狗子無佛性話一提提將去,生死心絕,語言道斷,㘞地一聲,不待老僧與汝證明,汝自知之。

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CBETA Code: JB273

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