[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) › 2.76 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.76 虛堂和尚語錄 2.76 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.76) 乃舉：「羅山初參嵓頭便問：『起滅不停時如何？』頭云：『咄！是誰起滅。』山豁然大悟。」師云：「嵓頭雖則見孔著楔，累他羅山坐在起滅不停處。」 > He then cited: "Luoshan, first studying with Yantou, asked: 'When arising and ceasing do not stop, what then?' Yantou said: 'Bah! Who is it that arises and ceases?' Luoshan was suddenly greatly enlightened." The master said, "Although Yantou drove a wedge where he saw an aperture, he burdened that Luoshan with sitting in the place where arising and ceasing do not stop." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.75) - [Next: 2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.77) - [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.2.76) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.76) · Pramāṇa