[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) › 7.314 # 虛堂和尚語錄 7.314 虛堂和尚語錄 7.314 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.314](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.314) 眾技爾為得，養生何所親，篋中三寸鐵，雲外一閑身。 黑白已無幾，修治轉失真，畏寒宜少伐，未愧舀溪人。 > Among all the crafts, you have attained it; / For nurturing life, what is there to cling to? / Three inches of iron inside your case; / An idle body beyond the clouds. / Black and white are already few; / Trimming and grooming instead lose what is genuine. / Fearing the cold, one should cut less, / With no shame before the one ladling water from the creek. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.313](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.313) - [Next: 7.315](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.315) - [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.7.314) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.314](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.314) · Pramāṇa