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# 明覺禪師語錄 1.88

明覺禪師語錄 1.88

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.1.88)

上堂云：「布袋裏盛錐子，不出頭是好手。」復云：「大眾！雪竇錐頭出也，莫有傍不肯底禪客出來。」良久云：「諸人既乃縮頭，且聽諸方檢責。」

> Ascending the hall, he said, "Keeping an awl in a cloth bag, not poking its tip out is the skilled hand." He further said, "Great assembly! Xuedou's awl-point has poked out; is there any Chan traveler who stands aside disapproving to come forth?" After a long while, he said, "Since you people have pulled in your heads, just listen to the various quarters examine and reprimand you."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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