圓悟佛果禪師語錄 2.23

2.23

Ascending the hall, [the master] said, "A phrase that settles heaven and earth encompasses past and present, penetrates the barrier of life and death, and transcends sound and form. Living in a ghost cave, for hundreds of thousands of myriads of kalpas it is hard to stick one's head out. Cutting off the manifold streams, a single expanse of empty stillness has nothing to rely upon. Even if heaven and earth were overturned and the great sea surged, and grasses, trees, and forests all turned into knives, spears, shields, and halberds, they could not stir a single point of it. And tell me: relying on what is it like this? / Holding in hand the talisman that shines by night, / How many know the dawn of heaven?" He stepped down from the seat.