[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) › 2.123 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.123 虛堂和尚語錄 2.123 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.123) 乃云：「釋迦老子，雪山六年，功成行滿，到臘月八夜，討得一條路子，與後人行。若謂他見明星悟去，已是謗焰未息。」 > He then said: "Old Śākyamuni spent six years on the snowy mountain; his cultivation completed and his practice fulfilled, on the night of the eighth day of the twelfth month he found a path for later people to walk. If it is said that he attained enlightenment upon seeing the morning star, the flame of slander has not yet been quenched." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.122) - [Next: 2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.124) - [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.2.123) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.123) · Pramāṇa