[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) › 9.108 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.108 虛堂和尚語錄 9.108 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.108) 師乃云：「上元新節，處處燒燈，都城巷陌，市廛邸店，觀者如堵。惟復燈來眼底？眼到燈邊？會得方是觀燈人；其或未然，多向暗地裏走。」 > The master then said: "At the fresh festival of the Lantern Festival, everywhere lamps are lit; in the capital's lanes and alleys, in markets and inns, the onlookers stand like a wall. Is it only that the lamps come before the eyes? Or do the eyes reach the lamps? If you understand, only then are you a person viewing the lamps; if not yet so, you mostly walk in the dark." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.107) - [Next: 9.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.109) - [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.9.108) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.108) · Pramāṇa