[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) › 9.116 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.116 虛堂和尚語錄 9.116 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.116) 師乃云：「今夏聚集四方衲子，據菩薩乘，修寂滅行，九十日內，孜孜矻矻，不敢妄有走作。一日忽見鐵船在水上浮，又不可謂之怪力亂神，當自體怗之。若體怗得去，不孤先聖所立期限，末後收功；苟或未然，咄！終不一向與人解註。」 > The Master then said: "This summer we have gathered patch-robed monks from the four quarters, relying on the Bodhisattva Vehicle and cultivating the practice of quiescent extinction. For ninety days, diligent and painstaking, no one dared to make reckless departures. One day, suddenly seeing an iron boat floating on the water, you still cannot call it strange forces or chaotic spirits; you must personally experience and settle it. If you can personally experience and settle it, you will not fail the period established by the ancient sages and will reap the success at the very end. If perchance you have not done so—Bah! I will never make explanations and commentaries for people." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.115) - [Next: 9.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.117) - [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.9.116) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.116) · Pramāṇa