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# 景德傳燈錄 8.57

景德傳燈錄 8.57

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.8.57)

自爾機辯迅捷諸方嚮之。嘗遊講肆隨喜金剛經。至無我無人處。致問曰。座主既無我無人。是誰講誰聽。座主無對。居士曰。某甲雖是俗人麁知信向。座主曰只如居士意作麼生。居士乃示一偈云。

> From then on, his responsiveness and eloquence were swift and acute, and masters from all quarters looked up to him. Once he visited a lecture hall and rejoiced in the \*Vajracchedikā Sūtra\*. When the lecture came to the passage on 'no self and no person,' he raised a question: "Lecturer, since there is no self and no person, who is lecturing and who is listening?" The lecturer had no reply. The upāsaka said, "Although I am a layperson, I roughly know faith and devotion." The lecturer said, "What then is your meaning, Upāsaka?" The upāsaka then presented a verse:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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