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# 人天眼目 2.203

English (machine translation) 2.203

- **Language:** English

### [2.203](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006~en-mt.2.203)

Demanding levelness where there is none; great skill appears clumsy.  
Point with a finger or show the palm; leaning against the sky, it reflects snow.  
The great furnace cannot grind it down;  
The master smith never ceases wiping it clean.  
Distinct, distinct!  
Branch after branch of coral propping up the moon.

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- [人天眼目](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.2.203) — Classical Chinese

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