[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) › [如淨和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt) › 2.112 # 如淨和尚語錄 2.112 English (machine translation) 2.112 - **Language:** English ### [2.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.112) A tortoise shell, hollow and empty; / Bore into it once, it cracks with a pop. / It too is raising a fist to frighten wild foxes; / Painting it out only adds to the ugliness. / Even so, after thirty years, / People will do nothing but divine with it. - [Previous: 2.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.111) - [Next: 2.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.113) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [如淨和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.112) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.112) · Pramāṇa