虛堂和尚語錄 3.45

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3.45

Ascending the hall, he cited: "A monk asked Xianglin: 'What is the single lamp within the room?' Xianglin said: 'Three people testify that a tortoise is a turtle.'" The Master took it up and said: "Xianglin was Yunmen's attendant for twenty years and obtained this phrase from the paper-robed record. Yuwang is not so. If someone suddenly asks, I would only say to him: 'August Heaven has no favorites; it aids only the virtuous.'"

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