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# 虛堂和尚語錄 7.21

虛堂和尚語錄 7.21

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.21)

居士當年錯用心，渾家不睦到如今，摝籬柄短無人買，  
空自蕭蕭風滿林。

> The layman that year misapplied his mind; / His whole household has been in discord down to the present day. / The bamboo strainer's handle is short, with no one to buy it; / In vain, rustling desolately, wind fills the woods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7.21) — English, machine translation

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