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# 無門關 1.255

無門關 1.255

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.255)

無門曰。進得步翻得身。更嫌何處不稱尊。然雖如是。且道百尺竿頭如何進步。嗄。

> Wumen said, "If you can take a step forward and turn your body around, in what place would you still begrudge being honored as supreme? Even though this is so, tell me: how do you step forward at the top of a hundred-foot pole? Ha!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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