[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) › 8.53 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.53 虛堂和尚語錄 8.53 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.53) 上堂，舉：「雲峯悅禪師初參大愚，示眾云：『大家相聚喫莖虀，若喚作一莖虀，入地獄如箭射。』峯奇之，求參堂，後詣方丈請益，芝曰：『佛法不怕爛却，我忍寒不暇，何暇為汝說佛法？且去化炭。』及歸再請益，芝曰：『佛法不怕爛却，我忍饑不暇，何暇為汝說佛法？更去持鉢。』歸日又詣方丈請益，芝曰：『佛法不怕爛却，堂司闕人，且為我充維那去。』忽一日僧堂後架，見桶篐爆有省，急走方丈，芝迎笑曰：『維那！且喜大事了畢。』再拜汗下，無語趨出。」師拈云：「大愚不施針砭，起雲峯之疾於膏肓，後人指下不明，只管向藥病相治處看。」 > Ascending the hall, \[the master\] cited: "When Chan Master Yunfeng Yue first studied under Dayu, \[Dayu\] instructed the assembly: 'Everyone gathers together to eat a stalk of pickled vegetable; if you call it a stalk of pickled vegetable, you enter hell like an arrow shot.' Feng considered this extraordinary and sought to enter the hall. Later he went to the abbot's quarters to request instruction. Zhi said: 'The Buddha Dharma will not rot away. I have no leisure even to endure the cold; how would I have leisure to explain the Buddha Dharma for you? Go and solicit charcoal for a while.' When he returned, he requested instruction again; Zhi said: 'The Buddha Dharma will not rot away. I have no leisure even to endure hunger; how would I have leisure to explain the Buddha Dharma for you? Go out with the almsbowl again.' On the day he returned, he went again to the abbot's quarters to request instruction; Zhi said: 'The Buddha Dharma will not rot away. The hall office is short of staff; serve as the karmadāna for me for a while.' Suddenly one day, behind the monks' hall, seeing a bucket hoop burst open, he had an awakening. Rushing to the abbot's quarters, Zhi met him with a smile, saying: 'Karmadāna! What a joy that the great matter is finished!' \[Yunfeng\] bowed twice, broke into a sweat, and hurried out without a word." The master took this up and said: "Without applying needle or moxibustion, Dayu cured Yunfeng's illness from deep within. Later people are not clear under the pointing finger, and only look at the place where medicine and sickness treat each other." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.52) - [Next: 8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.54) - [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.8.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.53) · Pramāṇa