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佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 9.49

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9.49

A stretch of empty clarity, cutting off words and emotions— / (The moment mind stirs there is error; the moment thought moves there is separation. Even the Buddha's eye cannot catch sight of it.)
From this, humans and devas see Subhūti. / (Subhūti deserves thirty blows of the staff. What use is this old fellow? Even if it were Subhūti, he too would fall back three thousand li.)
The clam holds the dark rabbit—a deep, deep intent, / (One must be the right person for it. What intent is there? What need is there to speak of a deep, deep intent?)
Which once stirred up warfare for the Chan family. / (Shields and spears are already stilled; under heaven there is great peace. Do you understand yet? Striking, he said: How much can the ācārya take?)

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