[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) › 3.35 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.35 虛堂和尚語錄 3.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.35) 上堂，元宵謝知事，僧問：「有句無句，如藤倚樹，此意如何？」師云：「掬水月在手，弄花香滿衣。」僧云：「樹倒藤枯，句歸何處聻？」師云：「拋却黃金捧碌甎。」僧云：「溈山放下泥盤，呵呵大笑，又作麼生？」師云：「天堂未就，地獄先成。」 > Ascending the hall on the Lantern Festival to thank the monastery officers, a monk asked: "'There are phrases, there are no phrases, like vines leaning on a tree.' What is the meaning of this?" The master said: "Scooping water, the moon is in the hands; handling flowers, fragrance fills the robe." The monk said: "When the tree falls and the vines wither, where do the phrases return?" The master said: "Throwing away yellow gold, holding up a green brick." The monk said: "Guishan laid down the mud plate and laughed heartily—how about that?" The master said: "Before heaven is complete, hell is already formed." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.34) - [Next: 3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.36) - [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.3.35) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.35) · Pramāṇa