[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) › 6.171 # 虛堂和尚語錄 6.171 虛堂和尚語錄 6.171 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.171) 舉：「道場訥和尚因僧問：『如何得見聞性不隨緣？』云：『汝聽看。』僧作禮，場云：『聾人也唱胡家曲，好惡高低自不知。』僧云：『聞性宛然也。』場云：『石從空裏立，火向水中焚。』」 > He cited: "Because a monk asked, 'How can one realize that the nature of hearing does not follow conditions?', Upādhyāya Daochang Ne said: 'Listen and see.' The monk bowed. \[Dao\]chang said: 'A deaf person also sings the songs of foreign lands, unaware of good or bad, high or low.' The monk said: 'The nature of hearing is completely clear.' \[Dao\]chang said: 'Rocks stand upright in empty space; fire burns inside water.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.170) - [Next: 6.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.172) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.6.171) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.171) · Pramāṇa