佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 5.20

5.20

垂示云。要道便道。舉世無雙。當行即行。全機不讓。如擊石火。似閃電光。疾焰過風。奔流度刃。拈起向上鉗鎚。未免亡鋒結舌。放一線道。試舉看。

The pointer says: If you must speak, then speak—matchless in all the world. Where action is called for, act immediately—holding nothing back in full dynamic function. Like sparks struck from flint, like a flash of lightning; a swift flame outpacing the wind, a rushing torrent running across a blade. If one takes up the transcendent tongs and hammer, even so one cannot avoid dulling the edge and tying the tongue. Letting a single path through, try to bring it forward and see.