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J38nB406_p0158a04夾山云:「目前無闍黎,此間無老僧。」聞師家近來都重J38nB406_p0158a05此話,以為極則。殊不知到者裏,更須有轉身一路始J38nB406_p0158a06得。不然,總是挖肉生瘡。或曰:「鎮州蘿蔔,青州布衫,庭J38nB406_p0158a07前柏樹子,正是他轉身一路。」若作恁麼見解,他時後J38nB406_p0158a08日喫閻老子鐵棒有分在。真正禪流,切須仔細。
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