[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) › 2.88 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.88 虛堂和尚語錄 2.88 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.88) 華藏和尚至，上堂，僧問：「我手何似佛手？」師云：「老婦顰眉出醜。」僧云：「我脚何似驢脚。」師云：「曾踏趙州𭛵彴。」僧云：「人人有箇生緣，如何是學人生緣？」師云：「懶向人前拔茄樹，要去南川作化主。」僧禮拜。 > When Upādhyāya Huazang arrived, ascending the hall, a monk asked: "'How does my hand resemble a Buddha's hand?'" The master said: "An old woman knits her brows and exposes her ugliness." The monk said: "'How does my foot resemble a donkey's foot?'" The master said: "It once trod upon Zhaozhou's footbridge." The monk said: "'Everyone has their cause of birth; what is the student's cause of birth?'" The master said: "Too lazy to pull up eggplant trees before others, he wants to go to Nanchuan to serve as the master of fundraising." The monk bowed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.87) - [Next: 2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.89) - [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.2.88) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.88) · Pramāṇa