[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) › 8.86 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.86 虛堂和尚語錄 8.86 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.86) 上堂，舉：「魯祖見僧來，便面壁而坐。是則是，不挂葫蘆醋越酸，但未見有絕消息者。南泉云：『我尋常道，向佛未出世時會取，尚不得一箇半箇。他恁麼地，驢年去。』」師拈云：「仁者見之謂之仁，智者見之謂之智。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Whenever Luzu saw a monk coming, he would immediately sit facing the wall. True, true indeed—without hanging a gourd, the vinegar is all the more sour; yet none has ever been seen to cut off news completely. Nanquan said: 'I always say to realize it before the Buddha appeared in the world, yet I cannot get even half a person. For him to be like that—\[wait until\] the year of the donkey!'" The Master took it up and said: "'The benevolent see it and call it benevolence; the wise see it and call it wisdom.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.85) - [Next: 8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.87) - [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.8.86) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.86) · Pramāṇa