[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) › 10.47 # 虛堂和尚語錄 10.47 虛堂和尚語錄 10.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.47) 劫火曾烹鐵面皮，從來不放價頭低，有時雲外露消息，巇嶮門風到者迷。某人一生擔板，咬薑呷醋，佛眼難窺，兩處住山，時止時行，聖凡莫辯，靖退全收晚節，信緣來應古擣，拍板未拈，大星先殞，今則舍利流溢，剖玉斯函，雖然未覩音容，爭柰面目猶在。還見麼？提起骨云：窣堵波中收不得，無陰陽地起雲雷。 > The kalpa fire once smelted his iron-skinned face; > never did he let his price be low. > At times he revealed the message beyond the clouds; > his rugged style bewildered all who arrived. > This man all his life shouldered his plank, chewed ginger and sipped vinegar— > even the Buddha's eye could hardly spy him out. > Dwelling as abbot on two mountains, at times halting and at times advancing, > neither sacred nor profane could distinguish him. > In modest retirement he entirely preserved his final years; > following conditions, he responded to the ancient mortar. > Before the clappers were taken up, the great star fell first. > Now the relics overflow, and the jade is opened to this casket. > Although we no longer see his voice and countenance, what can be done about his original face that still remains? > Do you see it?” > He held up the bone and said, “It cannot be contained within the stūpa; > in the land without yin or yang, clouds and thunder arise.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.46) - [Next: 10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.48) - [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.10.47) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.47) · Pramāṇa