虛堂和尚語錄 9.114

9.114

上堂：「末世眾生，希望成道，毋令求悟，惟益多聞，增長我見，心憤憤、口悱悱，品藻當代，凌鑠先德，欲得把茅蓋頭，如水火之急，擬要出來宣發平時妙蘊，啟迪後昆。殊不知，有明眼者存焉。虛堂耄矣，無力與之明辯，但如司馬稱好而已。何也？有勢儘教從地起，更高無柰有天何。」

Ascending the hall: "Sentient beings in the Final Age hope to attain the Way, yet without letting themselves seek awakening, they only increase much learning, augmenting self-views. With hearts indignant and mouths clamouring, they assess contemporaries and disparage past virtues. Desiring to get a thatched hut over their heads with the urgency of fire and water, they intend to come forth to proclaim and manifest their usual profound secrets to guide posterity. Little do they know that there are clear-eyed ones present. Xutang is senile and old, lacking the strength to debate clearly with them; I merely say 'good' like Sima. Why is that? Though momentum may cause things to rise from the earth, no matter how high they go, what can they do against heaven?"