黃檗山斷際禪師傳心法要 1.10

1.10

問纔向和尚處發言。為甚麼便言話墮。師云。汝自是不解語人。有甚麼墮負。

Someone asked: "Just as soon as one speaks before the Upādhyāya, why do you say that one has fallen into words?" The Master said: "You yourself are a person who does not understand words; what falling or defeat is there?"