宏智禪師廣錄 3.37

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3.37

[The Master] cited: A monk asked Linji: “What is the hair-splitting sword?” Linji said: “Disaster! Disaster!” The monk bowed. Linji then struck him. A monk asked Baling: “What is the hair-splitting sword?” Baling said: “Branch after branch of coral props up the moon.”
The Master said: “The life-taking sword does not spare a single hair; the life-giving sword does not harm a single hair. When there is high spirit, it adds spirit; where there is no elegance, it is also elegant.”

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