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# 明覺禪師語錄 4.42

明覺禪師語錄 4.42

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.42)

或云：「洞庭湖水一吸淨盡，魚鼈向甚處藏身？」代云：「咦。」又云：「喝下承當，崖州萬里；棒頭薦得，別有條章。作麼生是衲僧本分？」代云：「惡。」

> Or he would say: "When the waters of Lake Dongting are sucked dry in a single gulp, where will the fish and turtles conceal themselves?" Speaking on their behalf, he said: "Bah!" He also said: "Attaining realization under a shout means ten thousand li to Yazhou; awakening under the head of a stick has other regulations. What is the patch-robed monk's fundamental lot?" Speaking on their behalf, he said: "Loathsome!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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