[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) › 1.166 # 虛堂和尚語錄 1.166 虛堂和尚語錄 1.166 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.166) 上堂，舉：「趙州訪茱萸，上法堂，東覷西覷，萸云：『作甚麼？』州云：『探水。』萸云：『我者裡一滴也無，探箇甚麼？』州以主丈靠壁而出。」師云：「盡道一滴也無，鼓起滔天之浪。殊不知，趙州平白失却一條杖子。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Zhaozhou visited Zhuyu. Entering the Dharma hall, he looked east and looked west. Zhuyu said, 'What are you doing?' Zhaozhou said, 'Probing the water.' Zhuyu said, 'Here I do not have a single drop; what are you probing?' Zhaozhou leaned his staff against the wall and walked out." > The master said, "Everyone says there is not a single drop, yet it stirred up waves reaching to heaven. Little do they know that Zhaozhou, in plain daylight, lost a staff." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.165) - [Next: 1.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.167) - [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.1.166) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.166) · Pramāṇa