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# 景德傳燈錄 5.12

景德傳燈錄 5.12

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.12)

生來坐不臥　死去臥不坐  
元是臭骨頭　何為立功過

> "In life, sitting and never lying down; / in death, lying down and never sitting.  
> Fundamentally it is just a set of stinking bones; / why establish merit and fault upon it?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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