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# 虛堂和尚語錄 5.188

虛堂和尚語錄 5.188

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.188)

寧辨人間是與非，生來淈𣸩眼如眉，不因說著當年事，  
萬古千秋那得知。

> Rather than distinguishing between right and wrong in the human world,  
> Born muddled and turbid, one's eyes are merely like eyebrows.  
> Were it not for speaking of the affairs of that year,  
> How could they be known throughout myriad kalpas and thousands of autumns?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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