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# 宗鏡錄 5.17

宗鏡錄 5.17

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.5.17)

答。甚麼心向境上見。設爾得見。元來秖是照境心。如人以鏡照面。縱得眉目分明。元來秖是影像。何關汝事。

> He answered: "What mind is seen toward the object? Even if you were to see it, it would originally be merely the mind that reflects the object. Like a person looking at his face in a mirror: even if eyebrows and eyes are clear and distinct, originally they are merely a reflection. What does it have to do with you?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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