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# 宗鏡錄 5.21

宗鏡錄 5.21

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.5.21)

答。若是無物。更何處得照。汝莫開眼寱語。師云。百種多知。不如無求最第一道人。

> He answered: "If it is without things, from where could there further be reflection? Do not speak in your sleep with your eyes open!" The master said: "Having a hundred kinds of vast knowledge is not as good as being a person of the Way without seeking, which is supreme."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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