[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) › 8.21 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.21 虛堂和尚語錄 8.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.21) 中秋上堂：「舉一步則光吞萬象，掎一毫則影落千江。為什麼往往今宵貪觀天上？」擊拂子：「只為分明極，飜令所得遲。」 > Ascending the hall on Mid-Autumn: "Lifting one step, light swallows the myriad forms; grasping one hair, shadows fall into a thousand rivers. Why is it that tonight people are often greedy to gaze at the heavens?" Striking his whisk, he said: "Just because it is extremely distinct, / on the contrary, it causes what is attained to be delayed." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.20) - [Next: 8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.22) - [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.8.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.21) · Pramāṇa