大慧普覺禪師語錄 10.169

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10.169

Great Master Yunmen held up his staff and cited: 'The teachings say, "Ordinary people deem it real existence; the Two Vehicles analyze it as nonexistence; pratyekabuddhas deem it illusory existence; bodhisattvas realize its very substance is empty."' He then said, 'When a patch-robed monk sees a staff, he just calls it a staff. When walking he just walks; when sitting he just sits—he must not stir at all.' A verse says:

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