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汾陽無德禪師語錄 2.320

汾陽無德禪師語錄 2.320

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Classical Chinese

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「師子尊者行化於罽賓國,彼有一師,名波梨迦,有少智慧,習小乘禪定,自後出得五眾,各處一方,師子尊者,一一自問,問不語眾曰:『說佛真教,演波羅蜜,誰教不語,而禁佛邪?』」代云:「語亦非通。」

"Venerable Siṃha traveled to convert people in the kingdom of Kaśmīra. There was a teacher there named Varika who had a little wisdom and practiced Hīnayāna dhyāna. Later, five factions arose from him, each dwelling in a separate region. Venerable Siṃha questioned them each in turn. He asked the speechless faction: 'Explaining the Buddha's true teaching and expounding the pāramitās—who taught you not to speak and thereby suppress the Buddha?'" Replacing [the original words], he said: "Speaking is also not penetrating."

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