[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) › 3.27 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.27 虛堂和尚語錄 3.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.27) 解夏小參：「防微杜漸，深切著明，也是無風匝匝之波，更若立制安居，何異破珠求影。衲僧家，智游象外、妙入環中，點破生佛未興，不落古今窠臼，說甚麼鰻湫濬潔、玉几高寒，直饒舉得頭來，早是枯桑變水。育王恁麼告報，不出常情，只如剋期取證一句，又作麼生？」卓主丈：「善學柳下惠，終不師其跡。」 > At the informal gathering for concluding the summer retreat, \[the master said\]: "Preventing small matters and stopping them before they sprout, penetrating and clear—this too is ripples stirred without wind; furthermore, setting rules and dwelling in retreat, how is it different from smashing a pearl to seek its reflection? For patch-robed monks, wisdom roams beyond appearances, subtlety enters the ring's center, exposing the unarisen state of sentient beings and Buddhas, not falling into the ruts of past and present. Why speak of the eels' pool being deep and pure, or the jade table being lofty and cold? Even if you raise your head, the withered mulberry has already turned into water. Yuwang's announcement like this does not exceed ordinary feelings; just as for the phrase 'determining a period to attain realization,' how is it?" Striking his staff, he said: "'Skillful at emulating Liu Xiahui, / never following in his footsteps.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.26) - [Next: 3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.28) - [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.3.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.27) · Pramāṇa