[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) › 9.113 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.113 虛堂和尚語錄 9.113 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.113) 上堂，舉：「僧問法眼云：『慧超咨和尚，如何是佛？』法眼云：『汝是慧超。』雪竇和尚頌云：『江國春風吹不起，鷓鴣啼在深花裏，三級浪高魚化龍，癡人猶戽夜塘水。』」拈云：「法眼其實啟迪者僧，猶有說不盡底法。有問徑山如何是佛，只向他道：『爾將篰籃擔水，繞須彌山千百匝，自謂無一滴子狼藉，猶未向汝道在。何故？佛之一字豈可濫觴。』」 > Ascending the hall, he brought up: "A monk asked Fayan: 'Huichao asks the upādhyāya, what is the Buddha?' Fayan said: 'You are Huichao.' Upādhyāya Xuedou's verse says: / 'The spring wind of the river country does not stir; / The partridge cries deep within the blossoms. / The three tiers of waves rise high, the fish turns into a dragon; / Yet a foolish man still bails out the water of the night pond.'" Raising the case, \[the master\] said: "Fayan truly illuminated this monk, yet there is still inexhaustible Dharma. If someone asks Jingshan what the Buddha is, I would only say to him: 'Even if you carry water in a wicker basket, circumambulating Mount Sumeru hundreds and thousands of times, claiming for yourself that not a single drop was spilled, I still have not spoken to you. Why? How could the single word "Buddha" be casually bandied about?'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.112) - [Next: 9.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.114) - [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.9.113) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.113) · Pramāṇa