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# 虛堂和尚語錄 5.198

虛堂和尚語錄 5.198

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.198)

力難擡處為君言，神駿何勞更著鞭，一躍洞天三十六，  
到時凡骨也成僊。

> Where strength is hard to lift, I explain it for you:  
> Why should a divine steed need the whip applied?  
> With a single leap across the thirty-six grotto-heavens,  
> Upon arrival, even mortal bones turn immortal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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