無門關 1.49

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1.49

Upādhyāya Xiangyan said: "It is like a person up in a tree, hanging from a branch by his mouth, his hands not grasping a branch, his feet not treading on the tree. Someone under the tree asks him the meaning of the Patriarch coming from the West. If he does not answer, he fails the questioner; if he does answer, he loses his body and forfeits his life. Right at such a time, how would you answer?"

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無門關 — Classical Chinese