大慧普覺禪師語錄 12.60

12.60

Phrases of great Dao and complete virtue praise the master’s portrait: 'Here there are not two ounces of gold; commoners buy three sheng of wine.'
Talk that transcends the buddhas and surpasses the patriarchs praises the master’s Chan: shaving a square bamboo staff round, covering a purple fleece rug.
Nothing can illustrate it, nothing can describe it; this is precisely clinging to a donkey-tethering post, so how much less can one speak of it?
Having sat in seven bodhimaṇḍas, having three times received imperial decrees—this is just like leaving through the Cao Gate in Zhengzhou: fortunately, there is no connection!
Setting this aside, what after all is it?
South of the Yangtze and across the two Zhe provinces, spring is cold and autumn is hot.
Send word to all quarters: do not wag your tongues.