虛堂和尚語錄 1.53

1.53

天基節上堂：「南嶽七十二峯，華頂萬八千丈，瞻之無際，仰之無垠，以此無窮數，用祝聖明君。」

Ascending the hall on the Tianji Festival: "The seventy-two peaks of the Southern Sacred Peak, / the eighteen thousand fathoms of Huading— / gazing upon them without limit, / looking up to them without end. / With this inexhaustible measure, / I offer prayers for the sagely and enlightened ruler."