[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) › 2.17 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.17 虛堂和尚語錄 2.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.17) 次日上堂：「箇箇頂天履地，為甚麼蹈著二千年前底影子，便做一動子不得？莫有不蹈者影子底麼？」卓主丈：「有則有，只是今日不來。」 > The next day, he ascended the hall: "Each and every one of you crowns heaven and treads earth; why is it that as soon as you step on the shadow from two thousand years ago, you cannot make a single move? Is there anyone who does not step on this shadow?" Striking his staff, he said, "If there are, there are; it is just that they have not come today." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.18) - [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.2.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.17) · Pramāṇa