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# 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.60

六祖大師法寶壇經 1.60

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.60)

師言：「善知識！若欲修行，在家亦得，不由在寺。在家能行，如東方人心善；在寺不修，如西方人心惡。但心清淨，即是自性西方。」

> The Master said: "Good friends! If you wish to cultivate practice, you may do so at home; it does not depend on being in a monastery. Being able to practice at home is like an easterner whose mind is good; being in a monastery without cultivating is like a westerner whose mind is evil. If only the mind is pure, that is the West of svabhāva."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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- [南宗頓教最上大乘摩訶般若波羅蜜經六祖惠能大師於韶州大梵寺施法壇經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2007.1.44) — Classical Chinese

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