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# 法演禪師語錄 1.69

法演禪師語錄 1.69

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.1.69)

上堂，舉：「雲門道：『平地上死人無數，出得荊棘林者是好手。』時有僧云：『恁麼則堂中第一座有長處。』雲門云：『蘇嚧蘇嚧。』太平即不然，平地上箇箇丈夫，荊棘林裏坐得底是好手。何故？」乃云：「格。」

> Ascending the hall, he cited: "Yunmen said, 'On flat ground the dead are countless; one who can emerge from the bramble forest is an adept.' At the time a monk said, 'If so, then the head monk in the hall has a strong point.' Yunmen said, 'Suru suru!' Taiping is not so: on flat ground everyone is a great person; one who can sit in the bramble forest is an adept. Why?" He then said, "Ge!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.28) — Classical Chinese

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