[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) › 8.55 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.55 English (machine translation) 8.55 - **Language:** English ### [8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.8.55) While residing at Jiufeng Pagoda on Lingyin, the master cut off worldly conventions. Patch-robed monks requested instruction, so he set forth three questions to instruct them, ordering each to add a capping phrase. - [Previous: 8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.8.54) - [Next: 8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.8.56) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.8) ## Linked texts (1) - [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.55) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.8.55) · Pramāṇa