[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) › 3.25 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.25 虛堂和尚語錄 3.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.25) 復舉：「堂頭物初和尚，舉五祖道：『如何是祖師西來意？庭前柏樹子。恁麼會，便不是了也。』如何是祖師西來意？庭前柏樹子。恁麼會，方始是。」師云：「五祖當時一時落草，自謂土曠人稀，殊不知，今日被慈峯老子掐定咽喉，直得無取氣處。育王到此，客聽主裁，只得放過。何故？人情做得，冤家結得。」 > He brought up \[the case\]: "Wuchu, the abbot, cited Wuzu's words: '"What is the intention of the Patriarch's coming from the West? The cypress tree in front of the courtyard." To understand it like this is not it at all. "What is the intention of the Patriarch's coming from the West? The cypress tree in front of the courtyard." Only when understood like this is it truly it.'" The master said: "Wuzu fell into the weeds for a moment back then, thinking to himself that the land was broad and people few. Little did he realize that today he would be seized by the throat by the old man of Cifeng, left without a place to draw breath. When Yuwang arrives here, the guest defers to the host's judgment; he can only let it pass. Why? One can manage human feelings, but one can also incur enmity." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.24) - [Next: 3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.26) - [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.3.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大慧普覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.5.14) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.25) · Pramāṇa