[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) › 3.99 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.99 虛堂和尚語錄 3.99 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.99) 結夏小參：「竺土大仙，於九夏之月，布漫天網子，籠絡天下衲僧，謂之禁足護生剋期取證。致於南山內堂外堂，排單下搨，箇箇如生鐵橛，捱得期滿，各人要箇禪鈔子以憑賞勞。雖然，忽若有箇漏網底，向未立制已前，山邊水邊，說東話西，驀然蹉口道著爺名，又作麼生？急急出來，下一轉語。」卓主丈云：「收功較易，補過較難。」 > At the informal gathering for entering the summer retreat: "The Great Sage of India, during the three months of the summer, spread a sky-covering net to catch patch-robed monks throughout the world, calling it 'restricting foot travel to protect living beings and setting a term to attain realization.' Thus, in the inner and outer halls of Southern Mountain, rows of beds and sleeping mats are laid out, every monk like a pig-iron stake, holding out until the term is complete, each wanting a certificate of Chan to verify their rewarded labour. Even so, if there should suddenly be one who slips through the net, before the retreat was established, by the mountainside and waterside, chatting of east and west, suddenly slipping up and naming his father—what then? Come out quickly and utter a turning phrase!" Striking the staff, he said: "Gathering merit is relatively easy; making amends for faults is relatively difficult." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.98) - [Next: 3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.100) - [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.3.99) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.99) · Pramāṇa