[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) › 8.8 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.8 虛堂和尚語錄 8.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.8) 上堂，舉：「南泉示眾云：『王老師賣身去也，還有人買麼？』僧出云：『某甲買。』泉云：『不作貴，不作賤，爾作麼生買？』僧無語，趙州云：『來年與和尚做一領布衫。』」師云：「南泉被者僧一拶，去死十分；趙州盡力，既無救處，只得助哀。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Nanquan instructed the assembly, saying: 'Old Master Wang is going to sell his body; is there anyone who will buy it?' A monk came forward and said: 'I will buy it.' Nanquan said: 'Not pricing it high, not pricing it cheap, how will you buy it?' The monk was speechless. Zhaozhou said: 'Next year I will make a cloth shirt for the Upādhyāya.'" The Master said: "Nanquan was pressed by this monk and was completely dead; Zhaozhou did his utmost, but having no way to save him, could only assist in mourning." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.7) - [Next: 8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.9) - [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.8.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [明覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.72) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.8) · Pramāṇa