[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) › 3.29 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.29 虛堂和尚語錄 3.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.29) 次日上堂：「長期百二十日，短期九十日，夏月蟲蟻多，黃面老子，恐爾東走西走殺生害命，故立制以禁之。今朝期滿，鄮峯門下，未甞有一人敢容易下脚。何故？」卓主丈：「恐蹈著犯突吉羅罪。」 > The next day he ascended the hall: "The long period is one hundred and twenty days, and the short period is ninety days. In the summer months, insects and ants are numerous; the yellow-faced old fellow feared you would run east and west, killing and harming living beings, and so established rules to forbid it. Today the period is complete, yet under the gate of Mao Peak, not a single person has ever dared to easily set foot down. Why?" Striking his staff, he said: "For fear of stepping on \[them\] and committing a duṣkṛta offense." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.28) - [Next: 3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.30) - [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.3.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.29) · Pramāṇa