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# 景德傳燈錄 10.22

景德傳燈錄 10.22

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.10.22)

又有僧問。蚯蚓斷為兩段兩頭俱動未審佛性在阿那頭。師云。妄想作麼。僧云其如動何。師云。汝豈不知火風未散。僧問。如何轉得山河國土歸自己去。師云。如何轉得自己成山河國土去。僧云。不會。師云。湖南城下好養民。米賤柴多足四隣。其僧無語。師有偈曰。

> Another monk asked, "An earthworm is cut into two pieces and both ends move; I wonder, at which end is the Buddha-nature?"  
> The Master said, "Why make delusive thoughts?"  
> The monk said, "What about the movement?"  
> The Master said, "Do you not know that fire and wind have not yet dispersed?"  
> A monk asked, "How can one turn the mountains, rivers, and the earth back to oneself?"  
> The Master said, "How can one turn oneself into the mountains, rivers, and the earth?"  
> The monk said, "I do not understand."  
> The Master said, "Below the city of Hunan it is good to nourish the people; rice is cheap, firewood is plentiful, and the four neighbors have enough."  
> The monk had nothing to say. The Master gave a verse:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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