景德傳燈錄 18.18

18.18

直下猶難會　尋言轉更賒
若論佛與祖　特地隔天涯

Facing it directly, it is still hard to understand;
Pursuing words, one wanders ever further away.
If you discuss Buddhas and Patriarchs,
You are particularly separated as by the ends of the earth.