明覺禪師語錄 1.8

1.8

Ascending the hall, after the questions and answers were finished, the master then said: "Śākyamuni has already passed into extinction, and Maitreya is not yet born. Exactly today, the Buddhadharma is entrusted to Cuifeng; releasing and gathering are entirely up to this place. When released, leaping freely in seven ways and eight directions, everywhere filling ditches and blocking valleys; when gathered, the old upādhyāyas under heaven are all on the tip of my staff, not requiring a single prick."