[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) › 6.4 # 虛堂和尚語錄 6.4 虛堂和尚語錄 6.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.4) 舉：「世尊因外道問：『昨日說何法？』云：『說定法。』又問：『今日說何法？』云：『說不定法。』外道云：『昨日說定，今日何說不定？』世尊云：『昨日定，今日不定。』」 > \[He\] brought up: "Because a non-Buddhist asked, 'What Dharma did you speak yesterday?' the World-Honoured One said, 'I spoke the determinate Dharma.' He asked again, 'What Dharma do you speak today?' He said, 'I speak the indeterminate Dharma.' The non-Buddhist said, 'Yesterday you spoke determinate; why today do you speak indeterminate?' The World-Honoured One said, 'Yesterday was determinate; today is indeterminate.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.3) - [Next: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.5) - [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.6.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.4) · Pramāṇa