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佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 10.10

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10.10

"Among the ranks of sages, the adept knows; (Better not slander old man Śākyamuni. Give it back to Linji and Deshan. Among thousands and tens of thousands, it is hard to find one or a half.)
The Dharma King's Dharma command is not like this. (Those who run along after him are like hemp and millet. Three heads and two faces. Truly, how many people can reach here?)
If in the assembly there were a sendhava fellow, (Among them it is hard to find a clever person. Mañjuśrī is not an adept. The ācārya definitely is not.)
Why would Mañjuśrī need to strike a single mallet?" (Striking yet another mallet, what harm is there again? The second and third mallets are not needed at all. In accordance with the dynamic, how do you say a phrase? Precarious!)

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