[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) › 2.56 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.56 虛堂和尚語錄 2.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.56) 上堂，僧問：「法身病色身不安，色身病法身不安，作麼生免得？」師云：「口上著。」僧云：「色身病故有之，法身作麼生病？」師云：「他病最苦。」僧云：「大似維摩老子以代眾生。」師云：「爾識他未盡。」僧云：「莫是佛手遮不得，人心似等閑。」師云：「撥波求水。」僧云：「畢竟如何？」師云：「待爾鼻孔無氣，却向汝道。」僧便喝，師云：「怕死漢。」 > Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "When the Dharma-body is ill, the physical body is uneasy; when the physical body is ill, the Dharma-body is uneasy. How can one escape this?" > The master said, "Apply it to the mouth." > The monk said, "Illness of the physical body indeed exists; how can the Dharma-body be ill?" > The master said, "Its illness is most painful." > The monk said, "Much like Old Vimalakīrti suffering on behalf of sentient beings." > The master said, "You do not know him fully yet." > The monk said, "Could it be that the Buddha's hand cannot cover it, while human minds treat it as ordinary?" > The master said, "Parting the waves to look for water." > The monk said, "Ultimately, how is it?" > The master said, "Wait until your nostrils have no breath, then I will tell you." > The monk then shouted. > The master said, "Coward!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.55) - [Next: 2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.57) - [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.2.56) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.56) · Pramāṇa