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# 虛堂和尚語錄 3.32

English (machine translation) 3.32

- **Language:** English

### [3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.3.32)

Ascending the hall, \[the master said\]: "The weather is cold and people are cold; everyone is right here. If you understand it in this way, even an iron-plate barrier must loosen its seams. If not, what was originally intended as slaying a dragon turns out to be shooting a tiger."

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- [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.32) — Classical Chinese

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