[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) › 7.43 # 虛堂和尚語錄 7.43 虛堂和尚語錄 7.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.43) 衲僧肘後箇靈符，誰管從前有與無，片板不能擔到底， 又來依樣盡葫蘆。 > The patch-robed monk has a numinous talisman behind his elbow; / Who cares whether it existed before or not? / Unable to shoulder a single board to the very end, / He comes again to draw the gourd according to the model. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.42) - [Next: 7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.44) - [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.7.43) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.43) · Pramāṇa