[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) › 8.30 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.30 虛堂和尚語錄 8.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.30) 上堂，舉：「僧問馬祖：『如何是佛？』祖云：『即心是。』」師云：「馬大師一隻透心箭子，中者絕消息，今日看看，鋒稜盡矣。」 > Ascending the hall, he brought up \[the following\]: "A monk asked Mazu, 'What is the Buddha?' Mazu said, 'Mind as it is.'" The master said, "Great Master Ma's single arrow piercing the heart: those it hits lose all news. Looking at it today, its sharp edge is completely gone." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.29) - [Next: 8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.31) - [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.8.30) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大慧普覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.19.17) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.30) · Pramāṇa