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# 明覺禪師語錄 5.194

明覺禪師語錄 5.194

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.5.194)

踞地磐空勢未休，爪牙何必競時流，天教生在千峯上，  
不得雲擎也出頭。

> Crouching on the earth, occupying space, its momentum never halts;  
> Why must claws and fangs compete with worldly trends?  
> Heaven decreed that it be born atop a thousand peaks;  
> Even without clouds bearing it up, its head emerges.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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