[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) › 8.48 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.48 虛堂和尚語錄 8.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.48) 上堂，舉：「興化未出世時，常云：『我在南方行脚一遭，主丈頭不曾撥著箇會佛法人。』大覺聞得云：『何時得業風吹入大覺門下？』化一日果到，大覺請充院主，大覺一日喚院主：『我聞爾道向南方行脚，主丈頭不曾撥著箇會佛法底人，爾具什麼眼？』化便喝，大覺拈棒，化擬議，覺便打，化又喝，覺又打。來日化從法堂前過，覺喚院主：『我直下疑爾昨日者兩喝，為我說看。』化云：『我在三聖處，得箇賓主句，總被師兄折倒了也，乞箇安樂法門。』覺云：『者瞎漢，來者裏納敗闕。』脫下衲衣痛打一頓，興化忽於大覺棒下頓悟云：『我今日方知，先師在黃檗處喫棒底意旨。』」師云：「百尺竿頭進步，未為之嶮，當時太覺棒頭若無活眼，興化要見臨濟悟處，也未得在。近日有等瞎驢，不辨精麁，只管胡喝亂喝。」 > Ascending the hall, \[the master\] cited: "Before Xinghua appeared in the world, he often said: 'I made a round of itinerant pilgrimage in the south, and the tip of my staff never once stirred up anyone who understood the Buddha Dharma.' Dajue heard of this and said: 'When will the wind of karma blow him into Dajue's gate?' One day Xinghua indeed arrived, and Dajue invited him to serve as monastery director. One day Dajue called out to the director: 'I hear you say that when on itinerant pilgrimage in the south, the tip of your staff never once stirred up anyone who understood the Buddha Dharma; what kind of eye do you possess?' Xinghua then shouted. Dajue took up his stick; Xinghua hesitated, and Dajue struck him. Xinghua shouted again, and Dajue struck him again. The next day, Xinghua passed in front of the Dharma hall; Dajue called the director: 'I have had continuous doubts about your two shouts yesterday; explain them to me.' Xinghua said: 'At Sansheng's place, I attained a phrase on guest and host, which was completely broken down by senior brother; I beg for an entry into peace and happiness.' Dajue said: 'This blind fellow, coming here to confess defeat!' Stripping off his monk's robe, he gave him a sound beating. Under Dajue's stick, Xinghua was suddenly enlightened and said: 'Only today do I know the meaning of the late master receiving the stick at Huangbo's place.'" The master said: "Taking a step from the top of a hundred-foot pole is not yet considered perilous; at that time, if the tip of Dajue's stick had lacked an active eye, Xinghua would not have managed to see the place of Linji's enlightenment either. Recently there is a sort of blind ass that does not distinguish fine from coarse, only shouting wildly and recklessly." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.47) - [Next: 8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.49) - [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.8.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.48) · Pramāṇa