大慧普覺禪師語錄 2.9

2.9

Ascending the hall, he cited: "A monk asked Mihu, 'From ancient times, have the superior sages yet penetrated the true principle or not?' Hu said, 'They have penetrated it.' The monk said, 'As for the true principle itself, how is it penetrated?' Hu said, 'When Huo Guang sold the false silver city to the Chanyu back then, who made the contract?' The monk was speechless." The Master said, "If Jingshan had been that monk back then, I would have immediately uttered a turning phrase to stop that old fellow's mouth. Tell me, what phrase would I have uttered?" After a long pause he said, "'If made too easy to obtain, it is treated as commonplace.'"