[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) › 2.61 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.61 虛堂和尚語錄 2.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.61) 解夏小參，僧問：「初秋夏末，衲僧家，氣宇如王，離却雙林，途中如何受用？」師云：「踏著爛如泥。」僧云：「只者莫便是途中受用底麼？」師云：「南辰北斗。」僧云：「領。」師以拂子一指，僧禮拜。 > At the informal gathering for concluding the summer retreat, a monk asked, "At the beginning of autumn and the end of summer, a patch-robed monk's bearing is like a king's. Leaving Shuanglin, how does he apply himself on the road?" The master said, "Treading it so soft as mud." The monk said, "Isn't this very thing his application on the road?" The master said, "Southern Dipper, Northern Dipper." The monk said, "Understood." The master pointed once with his whisk; the monk bowed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.60) - [Next: 2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.62) - [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.2.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.61) · Pramāṇa