[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) › 8.81 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.81 虛堂和尚語錄 8.81 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.81) 上堂舉：「雲門因僧問：『殺父殺母，佛前懺悔；殺佛殺祖，向甚處懺悔？』門云：『露。』忽有人問淨慈，只向道：『知。』還得相應麼？」復云：「雲門露，淨慈知，權衡常在握，不放秤頭低。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Because a monk asked Yunmen, 'If one kills father and kills mother, one repents before the Buddha; if one kills the Buddha and kills the patriarchs, where does one repent?' Yunmen said: 'Exposed.' If someone suddenly asks Jingci, I would only say to him: 'Known.' Does that tally, or not?" He further said: "Yunmen exposed, Jingci known; the steelyard is always in hand, never letting the beam drop low." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.80) - [Next: 8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.82) - [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.8.81) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.81) · Pramāṇa