[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) › 1.44 # 虛堂和尚語錄 1.44 虛堂和尚語錄 1.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.44) 當晚小參：「作麼生與諸人相見？若作世諦相見，寒溫已畢；若作佛法相見，問答已周。況衲僧家，眉如箭簳、眼似銅鈴，未舉先知、未話先領，說甚麼相見不相見？雖然，山僧乍到此間，不知井竈向背、門限高低，未免從頭問過。何故？彼此要知。」 > That evening at the informal gathering: "How shall I meet with you all? If meeting by worldly conventions, greetings about the cold and warmth are already finished. If meeting by the Buddha-Dharma, the questions and answers are already complete. What is more, for patch-robed monks, whose eyebrows are like arrow-shafts and eyes like copper bells, who know before a thing is raised and comprehend before a word is spoken—what is there to say about meeting or not meeting? Even so, this mountain monk has just arrived here and does not know the orientations of the wells and stoves or the heights of the door-sills, so I cannot help asking from the beginning. Why? Both sides need to know." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.43) - [Next: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.45) - [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.1.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.44) · Pramāṇa