虛堂和尚語錄 8.81

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8.81

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Because a monk asked Yunmen, 'If one kills father and kills mother, one repents before the Buddha; if one kills the Buddha and kills the patriarchs, where does one repent?' Yunmen said: 'Exposed.' If someone suddenly asks Jingci, I would only say to him: 'Known.' Does that tally, or not?" He further said: "Yunmen exposed, Jingci known; the steelyard is always in hand, never letting the beam drop low."

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