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# 續傳燈錄 28.87

續傳燈錄 28.87

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [28.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.28.87)

上曰。觀者是觀想。忘想顛倒相持何時得了。師對。以賊捉賊將心覓心。故楞嚴呵云。想念不可脫云何獲圓通。

> His Majesty said, "As for contemplation, it is contemplative thought. When delusion and inverted views contend with each other, when will it ever end?" The Master replied, "Using a thief to catch a thief, employing the mind to seek the mind. Therefore, the Śūraṅgama reproaches, saying: 'If thought and mindfulness cannot be shed, how can one obtain perfect penetration?'"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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