大慧普覺禪師語錄 25.19

25.19

Bing has recently received your instructive reply, fully understanding the deep intent. Bing has three verifications of his own: First, whether matters are adverse or agreeable, I respond according to conditions without retaining them in my chest. Second, deeply rooted past habits are not intentionally dispelled, yet naturally become slight. Third, the ancients' gong'ans, which were formerly bewildering, are now frequently glimpsed with clarity; this is not self-deception. The words in my previous letter about the Great Dharma not yet being clear were merely out of fear of taking little as sufficient, wishing to expand and fulfill it; how could I be seeking superior understanding elsewhere? The purification of the present flow is not absent in principle; I dare not fail to engrave it upon my heart.