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黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.175

黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.175

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「世間有五種不易:一化者不易,二施者不易,三變生為熟者不易,四端坐喫者不易,更有一種不易,是什麼人?」良久云:「聻。」便下座。時真點胸作首座,藏主問云:「適來和尚道,第五種不易,是什麼人?」首座云:「腦後見腮,莫與往來。」

“In the world there are five kinds of difficulty: first, it is not easy to transform [alms]; second, it is not easy to give; third, it is not easy to change raw into cooked; fourth, it is not easy to sit upright and eat. There is yet another difficulty: what kind of person is it?” After a long pause, he said: “Hah!” He then descended from the seat. At that time Zhen Dianxiong was serving as the head monk. The director of the canon asked: “Just now the Master spoke of the fifth kind of difficulty—what kind of person is it?” The head monk said: “Seeing his cheeks from behind his skull, do not associate with him.”

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