[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) › 10.132 # 虛堂和尚語錄 10.132 虛堂和尚語錄 10.132 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.132) 當機一句闢天關，海闊山遙豈等閑，堪笑冬瓜長儱侗，翻成瓠子曲彎彎。 > A single word confronting the moment opens the celestial barrier; / The broad sea and distant mountains—how could they be ordinary? / Truly laughable how the winter melon is entirely crude, / Turning instead into a bottle gourd, all twisted and bent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.131) - [Next: 10.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.133) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.10.132) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.132) · Pramāṇa