[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) › 3.31 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.31 虛堂和尚語錄 3.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.31) 上堂，舉：「讓和尚問馬祖云：『汝學坐禪，為學坐佛？若學坐禪，禪非坐臥；若學坐佛，佛非定相，於無住相，不應取捨。』」師云：「南嶽引馬祖，入牛角裏作老鼠活計，忽然得箇出路，却笑南嶽坐在裏許。」 > Ascending the hall, he brought up \[the case\]: "The Venerable Rang asked Mazu: 'Do you study sitting in meditation, or do you study sitting as a Buddha? If you study sitting in meditation, meditation is neither sitting nor lying down. If you study sitting as a Buddha, the Buddha has no fixed form; regarding the non-abiding mark, you should not grasp or reject.'" The master said: "Nanyue led Mazu to do a mouse's work inside a bull's horn; suddenly finding a way out, he turned around and laughed at Nanyue for sitting inside it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.30) - [Next: 3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.32) - [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.3.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.31) · Pramāṇa