[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) › 6.310 # 虛堂和尚語錄 6.310 虛堂和尚語錄 6.310 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.310](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.310) 凝而不結，混而常清，挺然嶽立，卒乎砥平。擬師之道兮， 虛空釘橛，美師之德兮，色裏膠青， 妙高萬疊兮，春歸錦鏡，翠螺一抹兮，霜後洞庭， 在彼在此兮，初無朕跡，或舒或卷兮，水赴滄溟， 遐想高躅兮，實我法城。 > Congealed yet not frozen, / mixed yet constantly clear, / standing tall like a peak, / level like a whetstone. / Contemplating the Master's Way: / driving a stake into empty space! / Praising the Master's virtue: / blue lacquer within colors! / Miaogao's ten thousand folds: / spring returns to the Brocade Mirror; / a smear of emerald conch: / Lake Dongting after frost. / There and here: / originally without any sign; / now expanding, now contracting: / waters flowing into the azure ocean. / Longingly recalling his lofty footsteps: / truly a citadel of the Dharma for us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.309](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.309) - [Next: 6.311](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.311) - [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.6.310) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.310](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.310) · Pramāṇa