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The Gateless Gate of the Chan School 25. Three Dharma Talks 禅宗无门关25. 三座说法

Wumen Huikai | 2018-06-23 | Download | AI assisted translation

仰山和尚，梦见往弥勒所，安第三座，有一尊者，白槌云：“今日当第三座说法!” Venerable Yangshan dreamed that he went to Maitreya’s abode and was assigned the third seat. A venerable one struck the gavel and announced, “Today, the Dharma will be expounded from the third seat!”
山乃起，白槌云：“摩诃衍法离四句绝百非，谛听谛听。” Yangshan then rose, struck the gavel, and said, “The Mahāyāna Dharma transcends the four propositions and cuts off the hundred negations. Listen closely, listen closely.”
【无门曰】 [Wumen said:]
且道是说法不说法，开口即失，闭口又丧，不开不闭，十万八千。 Tell me: was this an exposition of the Dharma or not? Open your mouth and you miss it; close your mouth and you lose it. Neither open nor closed—ten thousand eight thousand.
【颂曰】 [Verse:]
白日青天，梦中说梦。捏怪捏怪，诳呼一众。 In broad daylight beneath the blue sky, dreaming within a dream. Conjuring up strange tales, deceiving the whole assembly.
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