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# 宗鏡錄 68.16

宗鏡錄 68.16

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [68.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.68.16)

問。表無表色。不居身外。內所動作。顯現非虛。如成業論偈云。由外發身語。表內心所思。譬彼潛淵魚。鼓波而自表。此表無表色。是實有不。

> Question: Manifest and unmanifest form do not dwell outside the body; their internal movements and visible manifestations are not false. As a verse in the Karmasiddhi-prakaraṇa says: 'By externally initiating body and speech, / they manifest the internal mind's thoughts; / just as a fish hidden in an abyss / manifests itself by stirring waves.' Are these manifest and unmanifest forms truly existent or not?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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