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# 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 2.87

雲門匡真禪師廣錄 2.87

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1988.2.87)

師有時云：「橫說竪說菩提涅槃真如佛性，總是向下商量，直得拈槌竪拂時節，亦是橫說竪說，對前頭猶較些子。」僧問：「請師向上道。」師云：「大眾久立，速禮三拜。」

> The Master sometimes said, "Explaining horizontally and explaining vertically about bodhi, nirvāṇa, tathatā, and Buddha-nature—all of this is downward deliberation. Even at the moment of taking up the mallet and raising the whisk, that too is explaining horizontally and explaining vertically; compared to what went before, it is only slightly better." A monk asked, "We invite the Master to speak of what is transcendental." The Master said, "The assembly has been standing a long time; quickly make three bows."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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