虛堂和尚語錄 3.68

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3.68

Ascending the hall regarding an affair: "That heaven has clouds can shade the sun and moon and bring down sweet rain. That earth has water can carry boats and moisten parched dryness. That people have minds can initiate fortune and misfortune, and regulate the hard and the soft. When the three realms are illuminated, principle returns to a single track. Why is this so?" Striking his staff, he said: "The great roc spreads its wings, covering the ten continents; by the hedge, swallows and sparrows merely twitter in vain."

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虛堂和尚語錄 — Classical Chinese