[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) › 1.99 # 虛堂和尚語錄 1.99 虛堂和尚語錄 1.99 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.99) 正旦上堂：「年年是好年，日日是好日，為甚有新有舊？若道得箇隔手句子，許爾鐵輪峯頂翹足，大洋海底算沙。不然，野火燒不盡，春風吹又生。」 > Ascending the hall on New Year's Day: "Every year is a good year, every day is a good day. Why then is there new and old? If you can speak a phrase that stands apart, I permit you to stand on one foot atop the Iron Wheel Mountain and count grains of sand at the bottom of the great ocean. If not, 'Wildfire cannot burn it away; the spring breeze blows and it comes to life again.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.98) - [Next: 1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.100) - [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.1.99) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.99) · Pramāṇa