大慧普覺禪師語錄 5.3

5.3

Entering the monastery, he pointed to the abbot's quarters, addressed the assembly, and said, "Here is the great smelting furnace for boiling buddhas and refining patriarchs, the fierce pincers and hammers for forging life and forging death. Do not blame the host for having no face; because the Dharma is like this, it is not forced. Since the Dharma is like this and not forced, tell me: what about the very first sentence? Do you understand? Having chopped up all the fishing rods, I replant bamboo; without calculating the labour or progress, once obtained, I immediately rest."