[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) › 7.242 # 虛堂和尚語錄 7.242 虛堂和尚語錄 7.242 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.242](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.242) 相逢道人漆雙瞳，衣衫零落迎秋風，甘將百骸作泥土， 冷笑萬事如展蓬。當今祖道薄如紙， 瓦缶雷鳴鬧人耳，正音却作一線懸，兩手枕胸淚如洗。 行行不惜兩莖眉，魔宮虎穴俱探窺， 山窮橋斷始得路，伎倆盡時方見伊。 > Meeting the man of the Way with lacquered pupils, > His clothes in tatters as he faces the autumn wind. > Willing to let his hundred bones turn to mud and earth, > He laughs coldly at the myriad matters, like rolling tumbleweed. > Nowadays the Patriarchal Way is thin as paper; > Earthen jars thunder, grating on people's ears. > The correct sound instead hangs by a single thread; > With both hands propping his chest, his tears flow like a wash. > Walking on and on, he does not spare his two eyebrows, > Prying and peering into both māra palaces and tiger dens. > Only when the mountain ends and bridges break is the road found; > Only when trickery is exhausted does one see him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.241) - [Next: 7.243](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.243) - [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.7.242) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.242](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.242) · Pramāṇa