[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) › 5.51 # 虛堂和尚語錄 5.51 虛堂和尚語錄 5.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.51) 錢唐鎮使在界上，凡見僧便問：「若相契即留止宿。」有二僧，從馬大師處來，便問：「大師有何方便？」僧云：「即心是佛。」便被揖出。又有二僧到，亦如前問，僧云：「非心非佛。」亦被揖出。 > The military commissioner of Qiantang was at the border; whenever he saw a monk, he would question him, saying: "If we accord, I will let you lodge for the night." Two monks came from Master Mazu's place, and he asked, "What expedient means does the Great Master have?" A monk said, "Mind itself is Buddha." He bowed them out. Two other monks arrived, and he asked them as before. A monk said, "Neither mind nor Buddha." He bowed them out as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.50) - [Next: 5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.52) - [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.5.51) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.51) · Pramāṇa