[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) › 2.38 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.38 虛堂和尚語錄 2.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.38) 上堂，僧問：「雪覆千山，因甚孤峯不白？」師云：「消得龍王多少風？」僧云：「大小大，虛堂今日失利。」師云：「手臂終不向外曲。」僧云：「普化搖木鐸，騰空而去，未審向甚麼處去？」師云：「三九二十七。」僧云：「畢竟向甚麼處去？」師云：「咬人屎橛，不是好狗。」僧云：「學人今日小出大遇。」便禮拜，師云：「窮鬼子。」 > Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "When snow covers the thousand mountains, why is the solitary peak not white?" > The master said, "How much of the Dragon King's wind can it consume?" > The monk said, "Great and small, Xutang has lost the advantage today!" > The master said, "An arm never bends outward." > The monk said, "Puhua shook his wooden clapper and ascended into the sky; I wonder, where did he go?" > The master said, "Three times nine is twenty-seven." > The monk said, "Ultimately, where did he go?" > The master said, "One who bites human turds is no good dog." > The monk said, "Today this student gave out little and gained much." He then bowed. > The master said, "Pauper's brat!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.37) - [Next: 2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.39) - [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.2.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.38) · Pramāṇa