宏智禪師廣錄 1.55

1.55

Ascending the hall, [the Master] said, "Ordinarily, a word or half a phrase sometimes unties bonds and removes fetters, and sometimes scatters sand and throws dirt. On the part of patch-robed monks, both are superfluous dharmas. Just when the path of words is cut off and the realm of mental activity is extinguished, what then?" After a good while, he said, "Wild clouds gather at midnight; the bright moon is at the central peak."