[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) › 7.252 # 虛堂和尚語錄 7.252 虛堂和尚語錄 7.252 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.252) 心鏡頻磨髮漸斑，照臨今古未甞閑，已知所得離文字， 此去禪棲必有山。 > Constantly polishing the mind's mirror, hair grows flecked with gray; / Illumining past and present, it has never known leisure. / Already knowing that what was attained transcends words and letters, / Leaving now to dwell in Chan, mountains will surely be there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.251) - [Next: 7.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.253) - [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.7.252) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.252) · Pramāṇa