[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) › 8.29 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.29 虛堂和尚語錄 8.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.29) 師乃云：「七步周行猶彷彿，指天指地不分明，是非既落傍人耳，洗到驢年也不清。」 > The master then said: "Walking seven steps around is still vague; / Pointing to heaven and pointing to earth is not clear. / Since right and wrong have fallen into the ears of bystanders, / Washing until the Year of the Donkey will not make it clean." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.28) - [Next: 8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.30) - [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.8.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.29) · Pramāṇa