[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) › 9.130 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.130 虛堂和尚語錄 9.130 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.130) 謝維那知客浴主侍者，上堂：「一槌未舉驚群聽，綱令清嚴，三緘纔啟驗來賓，頂門眼活。只如不洗垢不洗塵，畢竟洗箇甚麼？」卓主丈：「耽源侍國師之久，必能知之。」 > Expressing thanks to the rector, guest-master, bath-master, and attendants, \[the Master\] ascended the hall: "Before a single blow of the mallet is struck, it startles the ears of the multitude, the disciplinary orders pure and stern; no sooner are the three seals opened than incoming guests are tested, the eye atop the crown alive. But as for not washing off grime and not washing off dust, what, after all, is being washed?" He struck with the staff: "Danyuan served the National Teacher for a long time; he must surely know it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.129) - [Next: 9.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.131) - [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.9.130) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.130) · Pramāṇa