虛堂和尚語錄 8.21

English (machine translation) 8.21

Language: English

8.21

Ascending the hall on Mid-Autumn: "Lifting one step, light swallows the myriad forms; grasping one hair, shadows fall into a thousand rivers. Why is it that tonight people are often greedy to gaze at the heavens?" Striking his whisk, he said: "Just because it is extremely distinct, / on the contrary, it causes what is attained to be delayed."

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虛堂和尚語錄 — Classical Chinese