[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) › 8.67 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.67 虛堂和尚語錄 8.67 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.67) 上堂，舉：「無著和尚送供臺山，遇文殊迎接云：『尊者何方而來？』無著云：『南方。』殊云：『南方佛法如何住持？』著云：『末法比丘少奉戒律。』殊云：『多少眾？』著云：『或三百，或五百。』無著却問：『和尚此間如何住持？』殊云：『凡聖同居，龍蛇混雜。』又問：『多少眾？』殊云：『前三三，後三三。』」師拈云：「當時無著好與一拶，道是多少，待他擬議便與一喝。當時既已放過，今則翻成不了。忽有人問南山如何住持？以手指天示之。或問多少眾？以手指地示之。待他擬議，亦與一喝。何故？」擊拂子云：「劍為不平離寶匣，藥因救病出金瓶。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Upādhyāya Wuzhuo was delivering offerings to Mount Tai and met Mañjuśrī coming to welcome him, saying, 'From what direction has the Venerable come?' Wuzhuo said, 'From the south.' Mañjuśrī said, 'In the south, how is the Buddha-Dharma maintained?' Wuzhuo said, 'Monks in the degenerate age rarely uphold the monastic precepts.' Mañjuśrī said, 'How large is the assembly?' Wuzhuo said, 'Perhaps three hundred, perhaps five hundred.' Wuzhuo then asked, 'How does the upādhyāya maintain things here?' Mañjuśrī said, 'Commoners and sages dwell together; dragons and snakes mingle.' He asked again, 'How large is the assembly?' Mañjuśrī said, 'The front three-three, the back three-three.'" The Master brought this up and said: "At that time Wuzhuo should have pressed him hard, saying, 'How many is that?' and waited for him to hesitate to give him a shout. Having let it pass then, now it turns out unsettled. If someone suddenly asks how Nanshan maintains things, I point to the sky with a finger to show them. If they ask how large the assembly is, I point to the earth with a finger to show them. When they hesitate, I also give them a shout. Why?" Striking with his whisk, he said: "The sword leaves the precious scabbard on account of injustice; / The medicine comes forth from the golden flask to cure disease." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.66) - [Next: 8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.68) - [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.8.67) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.67) · Pramāṇa