虛堂和尚語錄 9.38

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9.38

Ascending the hall, he cited: "'When seeing seeing, seeing is not seeing; seeing still transcends seeing; seeing cannot reach it.'" He took this up and said: "The yellow-faced old fellow truly wished you all not to grasp, and only then return to the Middle Way. Little did he realize that carving sand lacks the merit of engraving jade. Jingshan will not spare mouth-karma; today I will produce a phrase to offer a commentary for you all." He struck the whisk.

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虛堂和尚語錄 — Classical Chinese