雲門匡真禪師廣錄 2.145

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2.145

He cited: "While Xuansha was having tea with Army Supervisor Wei, the Supervisor said, 'The speech of the people of the Campā kingdom is rather difficult to distinguish, let alone the Sanskrit speech of the five regions of India. Can anyone distinguish it?' Xuansha held up a saucer and said, 'If you know this, you can distinguish it.'" The Master said, "What need was there for Xuansha to use wordy phrases?" He also said, "What did he say just now?" He also said, "What is difficult to distinguish?"

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