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# 宗鏡錄 1.15

宗鏡錄 1.15

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.1.15)

問。先德云。若教我立宗定旨。如龜上覓毛。兔邊求角。楞伽經偈云。一切法不生。不應立是宗。何故標此章名。

> Question: Former worthies said, "If you make me establish a source and determine a principle, it is like searching for hair on a turtle or seeking horns on a rabbit." A verse in the Laṅkāvatārasūtra says: "All phenomena do not arise; one should not establish this source." Why then do you establish this chapter's title?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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