[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) › 2.29 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.29 虛堂和尚語錄 2.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.29) 施主捨田建達磨忌，上堂：「達磨大師恐汝諸人喫飯向鼻孔裏去，所以得得自西天來；既見得分曉了，還復西天去。今有道人劉善富，路見不平，捨膏腴入常住，年年於此日設供，要穿他鼻孔。今當第一供，且道者老子還來也無？」卓主丈：「金屑雖貴，落眼成翳。」 > Ascending the hall when a donor donated land to establish Bodhidharma's memorial: "Great Master Bodhidharma, fearing that you people would eat rice through your nostrils, specially came from the Western Heaven; having seen it clearly, he returned to the Western Heaven. Now there is the person of the Way Liu Shanfu, who, seeing an injustice on the road, donated fertile fields to the permanent monastic property to make an offering every year on this day, intending to pierce his nostrils. Today marks the first offering; tell me, does that old fellow come or not?" Striking his staff, he said, "Though gold dust is precious, falling into the eye it causes a blur." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.28) - [Next: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.30) - [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.2.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.29) · Pramāṇa