明覺禪師語錄 1.21

1.21

上堂云：「語漸也返常合道，且任諸人點頭；論頓也不留朕跡，衲僧又奚為開口。」師以拄杖一劃云：「上無衝天之計，下無入地之謀，蔡州千箇萬箇，打破只在須臾。」

Ascending the hall, he said: "Speaking of the gradual, it returns to the ordinary and accords with the Way; let all of you nod your heads. Discussing the sudden, it leaves not the slightest trace; why then should a patch-robed monk open his mouth?" The Master drew a line with his staff and said: "Above, there is no plan to pierce the heavens; below, there is no scheme to enter the earth. Thousands and tens of thousands in Caizhou—breaching [it] is only a matter of an instant."