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# 無門關 1.142

無門關 1.142

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.142)

描不成兮畫不就　贊不及兮休生受  
本來面目沒處藏　世界壞時渠不朽

> You cannot describe it, nor can you paint it; / Praise cannot reach it—stop trying to endure it! / The original face has nowhere to hide; / When the world is destroyed, it does not decay.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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