[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) › 5.166 # 虛堂和尚語錄 5.166 虛堂和尚語錄 5.166 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.166) 火爐頭話幾多般，自己同時作麼觀，直下起來呈兩指， 山河大地黑漫漫。 > How many kinds of talk beside the fire hearth? > At the same time, how does one view the self? > Straightaway standing up, he presented two fingers; > Mountains, rivers, and the great earth are pitch-black and vast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.165) - [Next: 5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.167) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.5.166) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.166) · Pramāṇa