萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 4.23

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示眾云。弄影勞形。不識形為影本。揚聲止響。不知聲是響根。若非騎牛覓牛。便是以楔去楔。如何免得此過。

Instructing the assembly, he said: Playing with shadows tires the body, not knowing the body is the root of the shadow. Raising the voice to stop an echo does not realize that sound is the root of the echo. If it is not riding an ox to look for an ox, it is driving out a wedge with a wedge. How can one avoid this error?