[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) › 8.91 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.91 虛堂和尚語錄 8.91 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.91) 上堂，舉：「趙州僧堂後問一僧：『大眾向什麼處去？』僧云：『上山普請。』趙州袖出一柄刀云：『老僧住持事繁，請上座斷却命。』僧拋下刀子而走。」師云：「趙州過頭丈子到處探水，當時者僧若與本分草料，管取別甑炊香。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Behind the Saṅgha hall, Zhaozhou asked a monk: 'Where is the assembly going?' The monk said: 'Up the mountain for communal work.' Zhaozhou drew a knife from his sleeve and said: 'This old monk's abbot duties are troublesome; please, venerable elder, cut off my life.' The monk threw down the knife and ran away." The Master said: "Zhaozhou's over-long pole tested the waters everywhere. Had that monk at that time given him his proper allotment of fodder, he would surely have steamed fragrance in a separate pot." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.90) - [Next: 8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.92) - [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.8.91) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.91) · Pramāṇa