[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) › 3.20 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.20 虛堂和尚語錄 3.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.20) 師乃云：「黃面老漢，末上放乖，向靈山會上萬百眾前，以佛法付囑國王大臣有力檀那，迨今二千餘年，代不乏賢，使我沙門釋子，得以流通慧命仰助國風。若謂佛法果有付囑，則謗於黃面老子；若謂佛法果無付囑，則今日王舍城中，君聖臣賢，遞相欽奉，以致海內生靈，無不同瞻麗正之光，松柏之茂。畢竟以何為據？」卓主丈：「南嶽峯頭八字碑。」 > The master then said: "The yellow-faced old fellow played clever at the end: before tens of thousands in the assembly on Gṛdhrakūṭa, he entrusted the Buddha Dharma to kings, great ministers, and powerful dānapatis. Up to now, for more than two thousand years, successive generations have never lacked worthy people, allowing us sons of the Śākya clan to circulate the life of wisdom and respectfully assist the customs of the state. If one says the Buddha Dharma was indeed entrusted, that is slandering the yellow-faced old fellow; if one says the Buddha Dharma was truly not entrusted, then today in Rājagṛha, wise rulers and worthy ministers venerate each other in turn, causing all living souls within the seas to gaze upon the light of glorious uprightness and the flourishing of pines and cypresses. Ultimately, what can be taken as proof?" Striking his staff, he said: "The eight-character stele on the summit of the Southern Peak." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.3.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.20) · Pramāṇa