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# 明覺禪師語錄 5.153

明覺禪師語錄 5.153

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.5.153)

覿面相見，不在多端，龍蛇易辯，衲子難瞞。金槌影動，寶劍光寒，  
直下來也，急著眼看。

> Meeting face to face / Does not depend on many affairs. / Dragon and snake are easy to tell apart; / A patch-robed monk is hard to deceive. / The gold mallet's shadow moves; / The precious sword's light is cold. / Coming down directly— / Quickly fix your eyes and look!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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