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大慧普覺禪師語錄 7.3

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7.3

Addressing the assembly: "Thus, thus—a needle cannot penetrate; not thus, not thus—a spoon cannot lift it out. Within 'thus,' 'not thus'—a demon's face and a spirit's head; within 'not thus,' 'thus'—wearing fur and bearing horns. Ah, ha, ha! Tell me, what am I laughing at? I laugh at Great Master Yunmen of old who at times said: 'Hearing sounds, one awakens to the Way; seeing forms, one clarifies the mind. Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva buys a fried sesame cake with money, lowers his hand, and says: "Originally it was just a steamed bun."'" Then giving a shout, he said: "If a person has no distant worries, he will surely have immediate troubles."

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