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# 緇門警訓 9.22

緇門警訓 9.22

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.9.22)

問道趨師印自心。入門端的訪知音。  
此生不踏曹溪路。到老將何越古今。

> Inquiring about the Way, hurrying to the teacher to seal one's own mind; / entering the gate, with genuine precision seeking an intimate friend. / If in this life one does not tread the road of Caoxi, / when old, by what means will one surpass past and present?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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