[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) › [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000) › 1.142 # 虛堂和尚語錄 1.142 虛堂和尚語錄 1.142 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.142) 上堂，舉：「趙州因僧問：『至道無難，唯嫌揀擇，是時人窠窟否？』州云：『曾有人問我，直得五年分疎不下。』」師云：「觀大海者難為水，遊聖人之門者難為言，不因者僧，難見趙州老子。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Zhaozhou, because a monk asked, '"The Great Way is not difficult, it only avoids picking and choosing"—is this not a nest and burrow for people of today?' Zhaozhou said, 'Once someone asked me, and for five whole years I could not explain it away.'" > The master said, "One who has seen the great ocean finds it hard to think of other waters; one who wanders at the gates of a sage finds it hard to speak. Were it not for this monk, it would be hard to see the old man Zhaozhou." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.141) - [Next: 1.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.143) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.1.142) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.35) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.142) · Pramāṇa