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# 景德傳燈錄 23.4

景德傳燈錄 23.4

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.23.4)

南嶽般若寺啟柔禪師。僧問西天以臘人為驗。此土如何。師曰。新羅人草鞋。問如何是千聖同歸底道理。師曰。未達苦空境無人不歎嗟。師上堂。聞三下板聲大眾始集。師因示一偈曰。

> Chan Master Qirou of Bore Temple in Nanyue. A monk asked, "In the Western Heavens (India), the wax figure of a person is used as verification. How is it in this land?"  
> The Master said, "A Silla person's straw sandals."  
> \[The monk\] asked, "What is the principle to which the thousand sages equally return?"  
> The Master said, "Before attaining the realm of suffering and emptiness, there is no one who does not sigh in lamentation."  
> The Master ascended the hall. Hearing the clapper sound three times, the great assembly had just gathered. Thereupon the Master presented a verse, saying:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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