[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) › 8.36 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.36 虛堂和尚語錄 8.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.36) 上堂：「有緊要，儘儘颺在背脊後；無緊要，時時拈在髑髏前。如今合而為一，謂之混融無際，且恁麼看；不然，滴水寸絲，酬𢤗有日。」 > Ascending the hall: "What is urgent, you completely toss behind your back; what is not urgent, you constantly bring before your skull. Nowadays people blend them into one, calling it 'boundless fusion'—look at it like that for now; if not, for every drop of water and inch of thread, there will come a day to pay back." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.35) - [Next: 8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.37) - [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.8.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.36) · Pramāṇa