[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) › 8.90 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.90 虛堂和尚語錄 8.90 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.90) 臘八上堂：「棄萬乘尊榮，受六年饑凍，不離草坐，成等正覺，美則美矣，無端道：『於臘月八夜，忽覩明星，豁然大悟。』致令後代兒孫，東卜西卜。淨慈與麼告報。還與黃面老子有相見分麼？」卓主丈：「晴乾開雨路，無事設曹司。」 > Ascending the hall on the eighth day of the twelfth month: "Renouncing the honor of ten thousand chariots, enduring six years of hunger and cold, not leaving his grass seat, he realized equal and right enlightenment. Fine, it was indeed fine; but for no reason he said: 'On the night of the eighth day of the twelfth month, I suddenly beheld the bright star and had a great awakening.' This caused later descendants to divine east and divine west. In reporting this thus, does Jingci have any share of meeting the yellow-faced old fellow?" He struck with his staff: "When it is clear and dry, opening a rain drain; when there is no business, setting up an official bureau." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.89) - [Next: 8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.91) - [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.8.90) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.90) · Pramāṇa