[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) › 9.22 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.22 虛堂和尚語錄 9.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.22) 開爐上堂：「徑山年老心孤，要說火爐頭活，終不道東家杓柄長，西家杓柄短，只要每日鉢盂兩度濕。忽然坐到更深，毛頭星現，各自救取眉毛。」 > Ascending the hall for opening the hearth: "Jingshan is old in years and solitary at heart. If I am to speak of hearthside life, I will never say the eastern family's ladle handle is long and the western family's ladle handle is short; I only want the alms-bowl to be wetted twice a day. If you suddenly sit until deep in the night and the comet appears, each of you save your own eyebrows!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.21) - [Next: 9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.23) - [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.9.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.22) · Pramāṇa