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# 宏智禪師廣錄 2.109

宏智禪師廣錄 2.109

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [2.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.109)

舉曹山問德上座。佛真法身。猶若虛空。應物現形。如水中月。作麼生說箇應底道理。德云。如驢覷井。山云。道即太殺道。只道得八成。德云。和尚又如何。山云。如井覷驢。頌曰。

> Caoshan asked Senior Monk De: "The Buddha's true Dharma-body is like empty space; responding to things, it manifests forms like the moon in water. How do you explain this principle of responding?" / De said: "Like a donkey looking into a well." / Caoshan said: "You have said a great deal, but you have only said eighty percent." / De said: "What about the Venerable?" / Caoshan said: "Like a well looking at a donkey." / The verse says:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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- [萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.122) — Classical Chinese

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