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# 明覺禪師語錄 4.45

明覺禪師語錄 4.45

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.45)

上堂：「天不能蓋，地不能載，衲僧坐斷如恒河沙，鬧市裏指出一箇來。」代云：「便摑傍僧。」

> Ascending the hall, \[the master said\]: "Heaven cannot cover it; earth cannot support it. Patch-robed monks who cut off \[all paths\] are as numerous as the sands of the Ganges; point one out in the bustling market!" Speaking on their behalf, he said: "Straightaway slap an adjacent monk."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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