[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt) › 2.17 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.17 English (machine translation) 2.17 - **Language:** English ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.17) The next day, he ascended the hall: "Each and every one of you crowns heaven and treads earth; why is it that as soon as you step on the shadow from two thousand years ago, you cannot make a single move? Is there anyone who does not step on this shadow?" Striking his staff, he said, "If there are, there are; it is just that they have not come today." - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.17) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.17) · Pramāṇa