[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) › 10.58 # 虛堂和尚語錄 10.58 虛堂和尚語錄 10.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.58) 清淨本然，臭煙熢㶿，抹過兩重關，放出遼天鶻。然侍者，將謂吾孤負汝，汝元來孤負吾，偷眼涅槃臺上望，果然做得死工夫。 > Purity is fundamentally so; foul smoke billows and smolders. > Striding past two barriers, he releases a falcon soaring into the distant sky. > Attendant Ran! You thought I had failed you, but you originally failed me! > Peeping up at the Nirvāṇa Platform, truly you performed dead work. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.57) - [Next: 10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.59) - [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.10.58) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.58) · Pramāṇa