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# 明覺禪師語錄 2.90

明覺禪師語錄 2.90

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.90)

一日上堂，良久云：「大施門開無擁塞，忽然有箇衲子出來，雪竇倒退八百。何以？臨危不悚人。」便下座。

> One day he ascended the hall, and after a long pause said: "The gate of great giving is open without blockage. If suddenly a patch-robed monk were to step forward, Xuedou would fall back eight hundred \[paces\]. Why so? In the face of danger, do not frighten people." Then he stepped down from his seat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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