虛堂和尚語錄 6.138

6.138

舉：「洪州米嶺和尚示眾云：『莫過於此。』時有僧問：『未審是甚麼莫過於此？』嶺云：『不出是。』其僧後問長慶：『為甚麼不出是？』慶云：『汝擬喚作甚麼？』」

He cited: "Upādhyāya Miling of Hongzhou instructed the assembly, saying, 'Nothing surpasses this.' At that time a monk asked, 'I do not know: what is it that nothing surpasses?' Miling said, 'It does not go beyond this.' Later, that monk asked Changqing, 'Why does it not go beyond this?' Changqing said, 'What do you intend to call it?'"