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# 虛堂和尚語錄 10.70

虛堂和尚語錄 10.70

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.70)

背得四大部經，到頭不識如是，虛己扣南屏，跨門先領旨，火聚刀山當等閑，去來不在秋風裡。

> He memorized the four great sections of scriptures,  
> yet in the end did not recognize 'thus'.  
> Humbling himself, he knocked at Nanping;  
> stepping over the threshold, he took up the meaning beforehand.  
> A mass of fire and a mountain of swords were taken as trifling matters;  
> his going and coming were not in the autumn wind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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