[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) › 7.53 # 虛堂和尚語錄 7.53 虛堂和尚語錄 7.53 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.53) 一味清寒骨拄皮，且無心力去扶犁，江湖儘儘有閑地， 況是春風草長時。 > Pure chill alone, with skin propped up by bones; / And without the strength of mind to hold the plow. / Rivers and lakes have vast, idle fields in abundance, / Especially now when the spring wind makes the grasses grow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.52) - [Next: 7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.54) - [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.7.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.53) · Pramāṇa