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# 法演禪師語錄 3.186

法演禪師語錄 3.186

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.186)

寄盡千張紙，徒煩心手勞，人情如太華，爭以道情高。

> Having sent a thousand sheets of paper, / I merely vexed the mind and tired the hands in vain. / Human feelings may be like Mount Taihua, / But how can they rival the height of feelings for the Way?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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