圓悟佛果禪師語錄 3.28

3.28

上堂云：「深深處無物堪比倫，淺淺箇兩手相分付，以一統萬穿眾穴，於毫端補短裁長，握秤尺於掌內，換却髑髏裏底且致，把將靴鞋袋來一句作麼生道？意氣不從天地得，英雄豈藉四時推。」

Ascending the hall, he said, "In the deepest place, nothing can compare; in the shallowest, it is handed over with both hands. Uniting the ten thousand with the one, piercing the myriad cavities, at the tip of a fine hair mending the short and trimming the long, holding the scales and measure in the palm of one's hand. Setting aside replacing the skull, how do you say a phrase about bringing the bag of boots and shoes? The spirit does not derive from heaven and earth; how could a hero depend on the progression of the four seasons?"