[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) › 9.107 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.107 虛堂和尚語錄 9.107 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.107) 元宵上堂，僧問：「一燈然出百千燈，燈燈相續，且道者一燈從何而出？」師云：「平生不曾與人述朱。」僧以坐具打圓相：「莫是自者裏出麼？」師云：「弄光影漢。」僧云：「若是做工夫底衲子，箇箇便知落著。」師云：「爾還知落著否？」僧云：「學人大似暗中拾物。」師云：「爾是探頭山裏人。」僧禮拜云：「謝師答話。」 > Ascending the hall on the Lantern Festival, a monk asked: "One lamp lights hundreds of thousands of lamps, lamp to lamp continuing in succession. Tell me, where does this one lamp come from?" The master said: "In my whole life I have never annotated texts in red for others." The monk drew a circle with his sitting cloth: "Could it be that it comes from here?" The master said: "A fellow playing with shadows." The monk said: "If one is a patch-robed monk doing real practice, every single one immediately knows its landing place." The master said: "Do you still know the landing place?" The monk said: "This student is much like picking up things in the dark." The master said: "You are a person from Mount Tantou." The monk bowed and said: "Thank you, master, for answering the question." The master said: "Discourse that grates upon the ear." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.106) - [Next: 9.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.108) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.9.107) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.107) · Pramāṇa