虛堂和尚語錄 8.98

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8.98

Ascending the hall: "Striking gold and sounding jade; rotting grass turning into fireflies; sitting in a well peering at the sky; in rotten mud there are thorns. True, true indeed—like someone eating sugarcane, both middle and edges are sweet. Why then does heaven tilt to the northwest and the earth sink to the southeast?"

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