[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) › 8.15 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.15 虛堂和尚語錄 8.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.15) 師乃云：「此日天中之節，好事不得不說。缺齒道士，噀水書符，斷臂仙人，指空揑訣，赤眼麻豆，一時殄滅，唯有虛堂，七凹八凸。」 > The master then said: "This day is the festival of the Heavens' Center; good matters cannot go unsaid. A toothless Daoist spurts water and writes talismans; an arm-severed immortal points to emptiness and pinches mudrās; red eyes and smallpox are eradicated at once; only Xutang has seven indentations and eight bumps." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.14) - [Next: 8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.16) - [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.8.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.15) · Pramāṇa