[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) › 8.39 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.39 虛堂和尚語錄 8.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.39) 佛涅槃上堂，僧問：「法身無為不墮諸數，因甚有生有滅？」師云：「誰便不知。」僧云：「若以色見我，如塵點於太虛。」師云：「一任𨁝跳。」僧云：「釋迦老子有什麼過，略不露箇消息？」師云：「明月夜光，多逢按劍。」僧云：「只聞風度竹，不覺雪漫山。」師云：「知過必改。」 > On the Buddha's nirvāṇa, ascending the hall, a monk asked: "The Dharma-body is unconditioned and does not fall into numbers; why is there birth and cessation?" The master said: "Who does not know that?" The monk said: "'If one sees me by form,' it is like a speck of dust in the vast emptiness." The master said: "Let him leap about as he pleases." The monk said: "What fault did old Śākya have, that he did not reveal the slightest news?" The master said: "When the bright moon shines at night, many draw their swords." The monk said: "One only hears the wind passing through the bamboo, unaware that snow blankets the mountain." The master said: "Knowing a fault, one must correct it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.38) - [Next: 8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.40) - [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.8.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.39) · Pramāṇa