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# 景德傳燈錄 5.27

景德傳燈錄 5.27

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.27)

經誦三千部　曹谿一句亡  
未明出世旨　寧歇累生狂  
羊鹿牛權設　初中後善揚  
誰知火宅內　元是法中王

> "Having recited the sutra three thousand times, / A single phrase at Caoxi made it all vanish.  
> Not understanding the intent of coming into the world, / How could the madness of repeated lives be stilled?  
> Goats, deer, and oxen were provisionally set forth, / Praised as good at the beginning, middle, and end.  
> Who knew that within the burning house / There was originally the King of the Dharma?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.5.27) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [六祖大師法寶壇經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.96) — Classical Chinese

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