[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) › 2.121 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.121 虛堂和尚語錄 2.121 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.121) 乃云：「盡其機用，只作一句，布施諸人。」良久，卓主丈：「大海若知足，百川應倒流。」 > He then said: "Exhausting their dynamic function, it is made into just one phrase to bestow as alms to you all." After a pause, he struck with his staff: "If the great sea knew contentment, the hundred streams should flow backward." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.120) - [Next: 2.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.122) - [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.2.121) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.121) · Pramāṇa