[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) › 3.32 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.32 虛堂和尚語錄 3.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.32) 上堂：「天寒人寒，大家在者裏，與麼會得，鐵板障也須退縫。不然，本擬屠龍，翻成射虎。」 > Ascending the hall, \[the master said\]: "The weather is cold and people are cold; everyone is right here. If you understand it in this way, even an iron-plate barrier must loosen its seams. If not, what was originally intended as slaying a dragon turns out to be shooting a tiger." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.31) - [Next: 3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.33) - [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.3.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.32) · Pramāṇa