[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) › 2.19 # 如淨和尚語錄 2.19 English (machine translation) 2.19 - **Language:** English ### [2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.19) Ascending the hall to thank the monastic officers for the meal and the head monk for wielding the whisk: "An iron sour-pastry, a vajra ring: choking the throat, tearing off the nostrils. Tiantong has his footing; patch-robed monks have no doorway to beg for their lives. But tell me, how is it? Capable of acting as descendants of Gautama." - [Previous: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.18) - [Next: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.20) - [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.2.19) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.19) · Pramāṇa