大慧普覺禪師語錄 30.7

30.7

I received your letter along with many verbal entanglements. I did not expect that you would be able to play with it like this—you have truly brought it into play so that it is vital and lively; you are truly one who has verified and attained it for yourself. How delightful, how delightful! Just remain like this, and let people say: 'This official does not keep to his proper place, but speaks and discourses wildly.' His family naturally has thorough people who appreciate it; only those who have personally verified and awakened to it will know. If it is the sort who just listen to echoes, let them bore into tortoise shells and strike tiles as they will, and even if they criticize Tathāgata Chan and Patriarch Chan excellently, they still fully deserve to take a taste of Miaoxi's staff! Now tell me: is this rewarding him, or punishing him? Let all places doubt it for another thirty years!