大慧普覺禪師語錄 19.15

19.15

Guizong cutting the snake and Nanquan cutting the cat are mostly called by word-reciting sorts wondrous functions responsive to the occasion, or the great function appearing without abiding by rules and regulations. Little do they know that it is not that kind of principle at all. If you possess the eye that transcends directions, as soon as it is brought up you know where it lands; if the great Dharma is not clear, when will cracking tiles and drilling tortoise shells ever end?