黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.4

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1.4

Ascending the hall on New Year's Day, a monk asked: "Not seeking the sages and not valuing one's own spirit are not yet the patch-robed monk's proper business. What is the patch-robed monk's proper business?" The Master said: "In thirty years, I have rarely met with this question." [The monk] advanced and said: "If so, then you have failed the sages." The Master said: "I have not even answered your words; why speak of failing?" The monk clapped his hands once. The Master said: "Humph! Letting you off will not do."

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黃龍慧南禪師語錄 — Classical Chinese