[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) › 9.39 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.39 虛堂和尚語錄 9.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.39) 上堂，舉：「長水問琅瑘：『清淨本然，云何忽生山河大地？』瑘云：『清淨本然，云何忽生山河大地？』長水有省。」拈云：「敢問諸人，問處一般，答亦不別，長水因甚悟去？徑山更與諸人，解註一遍。」擊拂子：「清淨本然，云何忽生山河大地？」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Changshui asked Langye: 'Being fundamentally pure, how did the mountains, rivers, and the great earth suddenly arise?' Langye said: 'Being fundamentally pure, how did the mountains, rivers, and the great earth suddenly arise?' Changshui had an awakening." The master took this up and said: "I venture to ask you all: the question was identical, and the answer was no different—whereby did Changshui awaken? Jingshan will provide another commentary for you all." Striking the whisk, he said: "Being fundamentally pure, how did the mountains, rivers, and the great earth suddenly arise?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.38) - [Next: 9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.40) - [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.9.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.39) · Pramāṇa