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黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.57

黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.57

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1.57

上堂,云:「有一人朝看《華嚴》、暮看《般若》,晝夜精勤,無有暫暇;有一人不參禪、不論義,把箇破席日裡睡。於此二人,同到黃龍,一人有為,一人無為,安下那箇即是?」良久云:「功德天,黑暗女,有智主人,二俱不受。」以拂子擊禪床,下座。

Ascending the hall, [the Master] said: "There is a person who reads the Avataṃsaka in the morning and the Prajñā in the evening, diligent day and night without a moment's leisure. There is a person who does not practice Chan or discuss doctrine, but takes a tattered mat and sleeps during the day. If these two people arrive at Huanglong together—one being purposeful and one being non-purposive—which one should be settled?" After a long pause, he said: "Puṇyalakṣmī and the Dark Maiden—a wise master of the house accepts neither." Striking the Chan seat with his fly-whisk, he descended from the seat.

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