[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) › 8.14 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.14 虛堂和尚語錄 8.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.14) 端午上堂，僧問：「文殊令善財採藥，財云：『無不是藥者。』此意如何？」師云：「引出落風蓮。」僧云：「善財拈草，度與文殊，殊云：『此藥亦能殺人，亦能活人。』又作麼生？」師云：「一人傳虛，萬人傳實。」僧云：「學人通身是病，作麼生醫？」師云：「佛手也醫爾不得。」 > Ascending the hall on the Dragon Boat Festival, a monk asked, "Mañjuśrī commanded Sudhana to gather medicine, and Sudhana said, 'There is nothing that is not medicine.' What is the meaning of this?" The master said, "Drawing out the wind-fallen lotus." The monk said, "Sudhana picked a blade of grass and handed it to Mañjuśrī; Mañjuśrī said, 'This medicine can kill people, and it can also bring people to life.' How about that?" The master said, "One person transmits a falsehood, and ten thousand transmit it as fact." The monk said, "This student is completely diseased; how can he be healed?" The master said, "Even the Buddha's hand cannot heal you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.13) - [Next: 8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.15) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.8.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.14) · Pramāṇa