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# 宏智禪師廣錄 9.240

宏智禪師廣錄 9.240

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [9.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.9.240)

顛毛衰白。眸子寒青。閑口能吞佛。虛空解講經。  
古鑑出匣。太阿發硎。放得無依用得靈。

> The hair on the crown is fading and white; the pupils are cold and green.  
> An idle mouth can swallow buddhas; empty space understands expounding sūtras.  
> The ancient mirror emerges from its case; the Tai'e sword leaves the whetstone.  
> Left without reliance, it is used with numinous power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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