[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) › 9.137 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.137 虛堂和尚語錄 9.137 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.137) 乃云：「有雪有霜，有寒有燠，四時遷謝，變化不同。山僧今年八十五，骨冷如氷，纔聞燠字，舉手而謝之。何故？免得老來挑灰弄火。」 > He then said: "There is snow and there is frost, there is cold and there is warmth; the four seasons transition and decline, their transformations diverse. This mountain monk is eighty-five this year, his bones cold as ice; the moment I hear the word 'warmth', I raise my hand and decline it. Why? It saves an old man from raking ashes and playing with fire." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.136) - [Next: 9.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.138) - [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.9.137) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.137) · Pramāṇa