[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) › 2.59 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.59 虛堂和尚語錄 2.59 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.59) 上堂，舉：「雲門因僧問：『佛法如水中月是否？』門云：『清波無透路。』」師云：「雲峯道：『雲門禪如九轉透瓶丹。』若果是，恐未是。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Yunmen was asked by a monk, 'Is the Buddha-Dharma like the moon in the water, or not?' > Yunmen said, 'The clear waves have no penetrating path.'" > The master said, "Yunfeng said, 'Yunmen's Chan is like the nine-times transformed elixir penetrating the vase.' If it truly were so, I fear it is not yet so." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.58) - [Next: 2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.60) - [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.2.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.59) · Pramāṇa