[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) › 9.34 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.34 虛堂和尚語錄 9.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.34) 謝新舊兩班，上堂：「有賓有主，有禮有樂，謂之栴檀叢林，其主也；正心誠意，待物如春，其賓也，標準後學，權衡通變。忽若賓主互融，禮樂一致，又作麼生？」卓主丈：「向道是龍剛不信，果然奪得錦標歸。」 > Ascending the hall to thank the incoming and outgoing two ranks \[of monastic officers\]: "There being guest and host, there being ritual and music—this is called a sandalwood monastery, its host; upright in mind and sincere in intention, treating things like spring—this is its guest, a standard for future students, weighing and adapting to changes. If suddenly guest and host mutually blend, and ritual and music become one, how then?" Striking the staff, he said: "Though told it was a dragon, they just would not believe it; / indeed, he carried home the brocade banner!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.33) - [Next: 9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.35) - [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.9.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.34) · Pramāṇa