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# 無門關 1.162

無門關 1.162

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.162)

叮嚀損君德　無言真有功  
任從滄海變　終不為君通

> Too much explanation impairs your virtue; / Being without words has real efficacy. / Even if the blue sea should turn to dust, / It would never be communicated for your sake.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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