佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 5.20

5.20

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.