[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) › 3.9 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.9 虛堂和尚語錄 3.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.9) 據方丈，橫按主丈云：「莫有生而知之者麼？入來我者裏，買帽相頭，不比盲枷瞎棒。」靠主丈。 > Occupying the abbot's quarters, he held his staff horizontally across and said: "Is there anyone who was born knowing it? Enter here to me: buying a hat according to the head is not like blind flails and sightless cudgels." He leaned his staff \[against the wall\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.10) - [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.3.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.9) · Pramāṇa