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# 虛堂和尚語錄 3.85

虛堂和尚語錄 3.85

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.85)

指佛殿：「巍巍萬德之尊，卷舒出沒，方便惟多，是汝諸人因甚不見如來頂相？咄！只緣太近。」

> Pointing to the Buddha Hall, he said: "Towering and lofty, the honored one of myriad virtues! Rolling up and unfurling, appearing and disappearing, expedient means are indeed abundant. Why is it that none of you sees the Tathāgata's uṣṇīṣa? Bah! Simply because you are too close."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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