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宏智禪師廣錄 1.59

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1.59

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: A monk asked Qingping, "What is the Great Vehicle?"
Qingping said, "A well rope."
The monk said, "What is the Lesser Vehicle?"
Qingping said, "A string of cash."
The monk said, "What is with outflows?"
Qingping said, "A single hedge."
The monk said, "What is without outflows?"
Qingping said, "A wooden ladle."
The Master said, "Poor as Fan Dan in poverty, clumsy as Panthaka in clumsiness, yet ultimately they cannot be moved, cannot be deliberated. There is no place for you to drive a nail. Therefore it is said: 'An error of a hair's breadth is a transgression as immense as mountains.' And tell me, what about it in the end? Do you not see it said: 'The peck being full, the steelyard weight stops'?"

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