[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) › 5.179 # 虛堂和尚語錄 5.179 虛堂和尚語錄 5.179 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.179) 白雲端和尚云：「此事如萬仞崖頭相似，總知道放著手便撲到底，只是捨命不得。法華今日，不動一毫頭，教諸人到底去也。」擲下主丈。 > Upādhyāya Duan of Baiyun said: "This matter is like the edge of a myriad-fathom cliff: everyone knows that if they let go of their hands they will crash to the bottom, yet they simply cannot give up their lives. Today Fahua, without moving a single hair-tip, causes everyone to go all the way to the bottom!" He threw down his staff. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.178) - [Next: 5.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.180) - [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.5.179) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.179) · Pramāṇa