明覺禪師語錄 4.40

4.40

有時拈起拄杖云：「天不能蓋，地不能載。」復以拄杖畫一畫云：「百千諸佛、諸代祖師，盡向翠峯乞命。」代云：「官不容針。」

At times he held up his staff and said: "Heaven cannot cover it; earth cannot support it." Again drawing a line with his staff, he said: "Hundreds of thousands of Buddhas and the patriarchs of all generations all beg for their lives from Cuifeng." Speaking on their behalf, he said: "An official does not permit a needle."