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A monk asked Zhaozhou, "What is the meaning of the ancestral teacher's (i.e., Bodhidharma's) coming from the west?" Zhaozhou said, "The cypress tree in front of the hall."

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ある僧が趙州に尋ねた。「祖師（達磨）が西から来るというのはどういう意味ですか？」趙州は答えた。「堂の前のヒノキです。」

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A monk asked Zhaozhou, "What do you mean when you say that the Patriarch (Bodhidharma) comes from the west?" Zhaozhou replied, "It is the cypress tree in front of the hall."

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ある僧が趙州に尋ねた。「達磨上人が西から来るというのはどういう意味ですか？」趙州は答えた。「それは堂の前のヒノキの木です。」

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A monk asked Zhaozhou, "What do you mean when you say that Bodhidharma is coming from the west?" Zhaozhou replied, "It is the cypress tree in front of the hall."

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ある僧が趙州に尋ねた。「達磨が西から来るというのはどういう意味ですか？」趙州は答えた。「それは堂の前のヒノキの木です。」

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A monk asked Zhaozhou, "What do you mean when you say that Bodhidharma comes from the west?" Zhaozhou replied, "It is the cypress tree in front of the hall."

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ある僧が趙州に尋ねた。「達磨が西から来るというのはどういう意味ですか？」趙州は答えた。「それは堂の前のヒノキの木です。」

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A monk asked Zhaozhou, "What do you mean when you say that Bodhidharma comes from the west?" Zhaozhou replied, "It is the cypress tree in front of the hall."