[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) › 1.90 # 虛堂和尚語錄 1.90 虛堂和尚語錄 1.90 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.90) 冬至小參：「釋迦已滅，彌勒未生，恁麼時節，東去也得，西去也得，無端少林壁觀、雪庭墮臂，引得一地裏人如荷一百二十斤重擔，上羊額嶺一般。及乎詰其端由，依舊不出箇仲冬嚴寒布裩赫赤。報恩久默斯要，不務速說。」 > An informal gathering on the winter solstice: "Śākyamuni has already passed into extinction, and Maitreya has not yet been born. In such a season, going east is fine, going west is fine. For no reason, wall-gazing at Shaolin and severing the arm in the snow-covered courtyard led a whole group of people to carry a heavy load of a hundred and twenty pounds, like ascending the Sheep's Forehead Ridge. When asked about its origin, it still does not go beyond the bitter cold of midwinter and cotton trousers fiery red. Bao'en has long been silent on this essential point, not eager to speak of it hastily." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.89) - [Next: 1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.91) - [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.1.90) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.90) · Pramāṇa