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# 虛堂和尚語錄 6.175

虛堂和尚語錄 6.175

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [6.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.175)

舉：「文殊令善財採藥云：『是藥者採將來。』善財遍採，無不是藥。却來白云：『無不是藥者。』殊云：『是藥採將來。』善財乃拈一枝草，度與文殊。殊拈起示眾云：『此藥亦能殺人亦能活人。』」

> He cited: "Mañjuśrī ordered Sudhana to gather medicine, saying: 'Bring back whatever is medicine.' Sudhana gathered everywhere; there was nothing that was not medicine. He returned and reported: 'There is nothing that is not medicine.' Mañjuśrī said: 'Bring back what is medicine.' Sudhana then picked up a blade of grass and handed it to Mañjuśrī. Mañjuśrī held it up, showed it to the assembly, and said: 'This medicine can kill people, and it can also bring people to life.'"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.9.32) — Classical Chinese

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