虛堂和尚語錄 8.11

8.11

上堂：「纔問著，盡道只是者箇。及乎誥其端由，十箇有五雙，不知落處。育王抑下威光，為汝從頭解註一遍。」良久云：「好語不可說盡。」

Ascending the hall: "The moment they are asked, they all say, 'It is just this.' But when interrogated about its origins, five pairs out of ten do not know where it settles. Yuwang will subdue his majestic light and explain and annotate it once from the beginning for you." After a good while, he said, "Fine words cannot be fully spoken."