[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) › 2.136 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.136 虛堂和尚語錄 2.136 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.136) 乃舉：「大龍因僧問：『色身敗壞，如何是堅固法身？』龍云：『山花開似錦，㵎水湛如藍。』」師云：「若是堅固法身，也苦地在。有問雲黃，只對他道：『垢面漢，我二十年做長老，未嘗與人過話。』」 > He then cited: "Dalong, because a monk asked: 'The physical body decays and disintegrates; what is the solid Dharma-body?' said: 'Mountain flowers bloom like brocade; valley streams are clear as indigo.'" The master said, "If this is the solid Dharma-body, it is also thoroughly miserable. If someone asks Yunhuang, I would just answer him: 'Grimy-faced fellow, for twenty years I have been a senior elder, and I have never yet exchanged words with anyone.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.135) - [Next: 2.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.137) - [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.2.136) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.136) · Pramāṇa