[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) › 8.84 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.84 虛堂和尚語錄 8.84 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.84) 上堂：「丁寧損君德，無言真有功，任從滄海變，終不為君通。好笑好笑，得恁麼入泥入水。南山口似磉盤，諸人也須薦取。」 > Ascending the hall: "Earnest advice diminishes your virtue; wordlessness truly has merit. Though you let the blue sea change, to the end I will not make a way through for you. Laughable, laughable—to enter the mud and water like this! The mouth of Nanshan is like a pillar base; all of you must also recognize it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.83) - [Next: 8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.85) - [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.8.84) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.84) · Pramāṇa