[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) › 8.83 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.83 虛堂和尚語錄 8.83 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.83) 達磨大師忌，拈香：「我天爾狗，神機雄辯，難以嬰其鋒；魏闕梁園，枯禪面壁，得以藏諸用。佩西天無文之印，行東土不傳之衣，誤人斷臂安心，遂致口門齒缺。音容漸遠，諱日斯臨，嗟末運正脈將沈，想餘光聊陳菲供，時當良月，深炷爐熏。」 > On the memorial anniversary of the Great Master Bodhidharma, offering incense: "'I am Heaven, you are a dog'—his spiritual mechanism and mighty eloquence, none could oppose his vanguard. At the courts of Wei and the gardens of Liang, in withered meditation facing the wall, he was able to conceal all his functions. Wearing the wordless seal of the Western Heaven, conveying the un-transmitted robe of the Eastern Land, he led someone astray into severing an arm to pacify the mind, and so brought about a mouth with missing teeth. His voice and countenance grow ever more distant; this taboo day has arrived. Lamenting that in the degenerate age the true lineage is about to sink, mindful of his lingering light, I briefly set out this meager offering. At this good month, I deeply light the censer's fragrance." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.82) - [Next: 8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.84) - [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.8.83) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.83) · Pramāṇa