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# 宗鏡錄 97.45

宗鏡錄 97.45

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [97.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.97.45)

第三祖璨大師傳法偈云。華種雖因地。從地種華生。若無人下種。華種盡無生。

> The verse of transmission of the Dharma by the third patriarch, Great Master \[Seng\]can, says: / "Although flower seeds depend on the ground, / From the ground, flowers grow from seeds. / If there were no person to sow the seeds, / The seeds of flowers would not grow at all."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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- [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.3.21) — Classical Chinese

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