[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) › 2.40 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.40 虛堂和尚語錄 2.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.40) 除夜小參，僧問：「舊歲送不去，新年迎不來，新舊本無情，去來誰可擬？」師云：「門前石敢當。」僧云：「只如舊歲已去、新歲已來，衲僧家還有不被寒暑所遷底麼？」師云：「有。」僧云：「那箇是不遷底？」師云：「階下雪師子。」僧云：「依舊跳不出。」師云：「蒼天蒼天。」 > At an informal gathering on New Year's Eve, a monk asked, "The old year cannot be sent away; the new year cannot be welcomed in. The new and old are originally unfeeling—who can conjecture their coming and going?" > The master said, "The stone slab of Shigandang in front of the gate." > The monk said, "Just as the old year has already gone and the new year has already come, is there still anyone among patch-robed monks who is not shifted by cold and heat?" > The master said, "There is." > The monk said, "Which one is not shifted?" > The master said, "The snow lion below the steps." > The monk said, "As before, it cannot leap out." > The master said, "Heavens, heavens!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.39) - [Next: 2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.41) - [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.2.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.40) · Pramāṇa