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# 景德傳燈錄 5.40

景德傳燈錄 5.40

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.40)

不見一法存無見　大似浮雲遮日面  
不知一法守空知　還如太虛生閃電  
此之知見瞥然興　錯認何曾解方便  
汝當一念自知非　自己靈光常顯見

> "Not seeing a single dharma, yet keeping 'no-seeing,' / Is very much like floating clouds veiling the face of the sun.  
> Not knowing a single dharma, yet guarding 'empty knowing,' / Is just like lightning flashing across empty space.  
> This vision and knowledge, suddenly arising— / Misrecognizing it, when have you ever understood skillful means?  
> If in a single thought you yourself recognize the error, / Your own spiritual radiance will constantly appear."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.5.40) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [六祖大師法寶壇經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.106) — Classical Chinese

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