佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 6.25

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6.25

The pointer says: The Buddhas have never appeared in the world, nor have they given a single dharma to people. The ancestral masters never came from the West, nor have they ever transmitted anything with the mind. It is simply that worldly people fail to comprehend and chase outside seeking. Little do they know that beneath their own heels, there is a piece of the Great Matter of Cause and Condition that a thousand sages cannot grope for. Right now, seeing or not seeing, hearing or not hearing, speaking or not speaking, knowing or not knowing—from what place does it come? If you are not yet able to penetrate thoroughly, for now comprehend it within the den of entangling vines. Consider the following:

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佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — Classical Chinese