大慧普覺禪師語錄 6.24

6.24

Ascending the hall, [the Master] said: "Beyond the gate spring is half gone, yet the mountain room knows nothing of it; pitiable is the staff, sprouting branches in secret on its own." Thereupon he took up his staff and said: "This is the staff—which is the branch that sprouts?" Throwing it down, he said: "It comes straight down; do not let your eyes be filled with discharge!"