[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) › 8.31 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.31 虛堂和尚語錄 8.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.31) 中秋無月上堂，僧問：「馬祖翫月：『正當恁麼時如何？』西堂云：『正好供養。』此意如何？」師云：「掘地深埋。」僧云：「百丈云：『正好修行。』」師云：「好箇繫驢橛。」僧云：「南泉拂袖便行，又作麼生？」師云：「一把骨頭挑去後，不知明月落誰家？」僧云：「祖云：『經歸藏，禪歸海，惟有普願，獨超物外。』」師云：「路不拾遺。」僧云：「或有人問育王，又作麼生？」師云：「挨看。」僧禮拜。 > Ascending the hall on a moonless Mid-Autumn, a monk asked, "When Mazu was enjoying the moon, \[he asked\], 'Right at such a time, how is it?' Xitang said, 'Just right for making offerings.' What is the meaning of this?" The master said, "Dig the ground and bury it deep." The monk said, "Baizhang said, 'Just right for cultivation.'" The master said, "A fine donkey-tethering peg." The monk said, "Nanquan shook his sleeves and simply walked off; what about that?" The master said, "After carrying off a handful of bones, who knows whose house the bright moon falls into?" The monk said, "Mazu said, 'The sūtras return to the canon (Zang); Chan returns to the sea (Hai); only Puyuan alone transcends beyond things.'" The master said, "Not picking up what is dropped on the road." The monk said, "If someone were to ask Yuwang, how would it be?" The master said, "Push and see." The monk bowed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.30) - [Next: 8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.32) - [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.8.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.31) · Pramāṇa