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# 虛堂和尚語錄 10.136

虛堂和尚語錄 10.136

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [10.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.136)

藏頭露影問來由，却把西江盡力詶，回首眼空天地窄，不知身在御街游。

> Hiding his head and showing a shadow, he asks about the origin; / Yet \[Mazu\] answers him with all his might using the Western River. / Turning his head, his eyes are vacant and heaven and earth feel narrow, / Unaware that he is wandering down the imperial avenue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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