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# 虛堂和尚語錄 8.94

虛堂和尚語錄 8.94

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.94)

佛涅槃上堂：「法身無為，不墮諸數，為什麼却有生滅？恁麼會得，許爾每日開單展鉢，親見釋迦老子；其或未然，點鐵化成金玉易，勸人除却是非難。」

> Ascending the hall on the Buddha's Parinirvāṇa: "The Dharma-body is unconditioned and does not fall into numbers; why then does it have arising and ceasing? If you can understand like this, I allow that everyday as you open your bedding and unroll your bowl, you meet old Śākya in person. If not yet so: turning iron into gold and jade is easy; persuading people to get rid of right and wrong is hard."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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