大慧普覺禪師語錄 12.82

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12.82

This rustic monk—few people can get near him. With his coarse bamboo comb of black lacquer, even if a buddha comes, he strikes a blow. Not an autumn hair of human sentiment does he have, but tens of thousands of insolent ways. When compassionate, Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva cannot match him; when wrathful, an asura king can hardly be compared to him. An obnoxious and hateful person in the world is an ācārya such as this; why would anyone paint him and make offerings of food?

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