虛堂和尚語錄 5.187

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5.187

Foyan instructed the assembly: "A thousand explanations or ten thousand explanations are not as good as seeing it face to face in person. Even if not spoken, it is naturally clear. The metaphor of the prince's precious sword, the metaphor of the blind men feeling the elephant, the matter of waving across the river in Chan study, the matter of meeting at Wangzhou Pavilion, and the matter at the cliffs deep in the mountains—these are all seen face to face in person; they do not lie in speech."

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