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明覺禪師語錄 1.79

明覺禪師語錄 1.79

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Classical Chinese

1.79

上堂云:「形興未質,名起未名,形名既兆,遊氣亂清。」師拈起拄杖云:「大眾,拄杖子是形名雙舉,還有過也無?有即水裏月,無即形名兆。若也究得,實謂恩大難酬。」

Ascending the hall, he said, "Form arises before it has substance; name emerges before it is named. Once form and name have portended, the wandering ether disturbs the clear." The Master held up his staff and said, "Great assembly, the staff is a simultaneous bringing forth of both form and name; is there still a fault or not? If there is, it is the moon in the water; if there is not, form and name portend. If you can investigate this thoroughly, it may truly be called a great kindness hard to repay."

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