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# 虛堂和尚語錄 3.78

虛堂和尚語錄 3.78

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.78)

謝首座上堂，卓主丈：「死盡天下衲子偷心，方稱此題目。」卓主丈：「死盡天下衲子偷心，轉向那邊，猶墮功勳邊事。作麼生得恰恰相應去？」卓主丈：「人天眼目，堂中上座。」

> Ascending the hall to thank the head monk, he struck the staff and said: "Only when the stealing mind of all patch-robed monks in the world is completely dead does one match this title." Striking the staff, he said: "Having completely put to death the stealing mind of all patch-robed monks in the world, turning toward that side still falls into affairs of merit. How can there be an exact correspondence?" Striking the staff, he said: "The eyes of humans and devas: the head monk in the hall."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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