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# 續傳燈錄 1.13

續傳燈錄 1.13

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.1.13)

汝州首山懷志禪師。僧問。如何是祖師西來意。曰三尺杖子破瓦盆。問如何是佛。師曰。桶底脫。問從上諸聖有何言句。師曰。如是我聞。曰不會。師曰。信受奉行。

> Chan Master Huaizhi of Shoushan in Ruzhou: A monk asked, "What is the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the West?"  
> \[The Master\] said, "A three-foot staff smashes a broken earthenware basin."  
> \[A monk\] asked, "What is Buddha?"  
> The Master said, "The bottom falls out of the tub."  
> \[A monk\] asked, "What words and phrases have come down from the holy ones of old?"  
> The Master said, "'Thus have I heard.'"  
> \[The monk\] said, "I do not understand."  
> The Master said, "'Faithfully accept and uphold.'"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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