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# 密菴和尚語錄 1.173

密菴和尚語錄 1.173

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.173)

上堂，舉：「僧問巖頭：『路逢猛虎時如何？』頭云：『拶。』」師云：「巖頭眼觀東南意在西北，好一拶，性命落在別人手裏。」

> Ascending the hall, \[the Master\] cited: "A monk asked Yantou, 'What happens when one meets a fierce tiger on the road?' Yantou said, 'Squeeze.'"  
> The Master said, "Yantou's eyes looked to the southeast while his intention was in the northwest. What a squeeze—his life fell into someone else's hands!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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