[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) › 2.101 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.101 虛堂和尚語錄 2.101 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.101) 上堂，僧問：「結夏已半月，衲僧家牙如劍樹、口似血盆，還透得虛堂一句子也無？」師云：「老僧不曾殺生害命。」僧云：「和尚太殺慈悲。」師云：「墦間易飢飽。」僧云：「有一人常在途中，不離家舍，有一人常在家舍，不離途中。且道，那一人合受人天供養？」師云：「水也消他一滴不得。」僧云：「因甚如此？」師云：「蓋他在布袋裡輥毬。」僧禮拜。 > Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "Half a month has already passed since entering the summer retreat. Patch-robed monks have teeth like a forest of swords and mouths like basins of blood; have they penetrated a single phrase of Xutang's or not?" The master said: "This old monk has never killed living beings or harmed life." The monk said: "The upādhyāya is excessively compassionate." The master said: "Among the graves, hunger and fullness come easily." The monk said: "'One person is constantly on the road, not leaving home; one person is constantly at home, not leaving the road.' Tell me: which person is fit to receive the offerings of humans and devas?" The master said: "Even a single drop of water he cannot digest." The monk said: "Why is that so?" The master said: "Because he is rolling a ball inside a cloth bag." The monk bowed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.100) - [Next: 2.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.102) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.101) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.101) · Pramāṇa