[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) › 7.117 # 虛堂和尚語錄 7.117 虛堂和尚語錄 7.117 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.117) 不拜星壇不步虛，裂冠來下死工夫，地爐深處燒紅葉， 曾記三生舊話無。 > Neither worshipping at the astral altar nor pacing the void, / Tearing off your cap, you came to do the work of death. / Deep in the earth-hearth burning red leaves, / Do you remember the old talks from three lifetimes ago, or not? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.116) - [Next: 7.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.118) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7.117) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.117) · Pramāṇa