[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) › 1.9 # 虛堂和尚語錄 1.9 虛堂和尚語錄 1.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.9) 師紹定二年五月一日，在靈隱，受請入寺。陞堂祝聖畢，就座，僧問：「呼猿洞口，無心臥月眠雲；長水江頭，正好拋綸擲釣。只如靈山密付，還許學人咨參也無？」師云：「崑崙嚼生鐵。」僧云：「與麼則把斷要津去也。」師云：「將謂爾是箇出厩良駒。」僧噓一聲便禮拜，師云：「果然。」乃云：「大機圓應，大道無方，去來不以象，掇轉虛空，動靜不以心，當軒大坐，兵隨印轉，將逐符行，遇物應緣，隨處作主，直得嘉禾合穗、秀水朝宗，鳳凰來儀、麒麟現瑞，發揮西來祖意，成就興聖門庭，雖然如是，畢竟以何為驗？」良久，「一氣不言含有象，萬靈何處謝無私。」 > On the first day of the fifth month in the second year of the Shaoding era \[1229 CE\], while at Lingyin, the Master accepted the invitation to enter the monastery. Having ascended the hall and concluded the prayer for the Emperor, he took his seat. A monk asked: 'At the mouth of the Calling Ape Cave, one lies back in the moon and sleeps in the clouds without mind; beside the Changshui River, it is just the right time to cast line and throw the hook. Exactly as with the secret entrustment at Gṛdhrakūṭa, do you still permit a student to inquire and consult?' The Master said: 'A Kunlun \[slave\] chewing raw iron.' The monk said: 'If so, then you have blocked the crucial ford.' The Master said: 'I thought you were a fine steed emerging from the stable.' The monk gave a sigh and then bowed. The Master said: 'Just as expected.' He then said: 'The great function completely responds; the Great Way has no fixed direction. Going and coming are not marked by forms—turn around empty space. Movement and stillness are not governed by the mind—sit majestically facing the veranda. Troops follow the turning of the seal; generals march according to the tally. Meeting things, respond to conditions; everywhere be the master. Thus it brings about the union of auspicious ears of grain and the tributary flow of the Xiu River, the phoenix arriving in majesty and the qilin manifesting auspicious omens, displaying the patriarch's intention coming from the West and establishing the household style of Xingsheng. Although it is like this, in the end what serves as proof?' After a pause: 'The single breath without speaking contains all forms; where can the ten thousand spirits thank its selflessness?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.8) - [Next: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.10) - [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.1.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.9) · Pramāṇa