玄沙備禪師示眾
夫學般若菩薩。具大根器。有大智慧始得。若根機遲鈍。直須勤苦忍耐。日夜忘疲。如喪考妣相似。恁麼急切更得人荷挾剋骨究實。不妨亦得覯去。
To truly study the Perfection of Wisdom, a bodhisattva must possess great spiritual capacity and profound wisdom from the start. If one's faculties are dull, one must simply be diligent, endure hardship, and forget fatigue day and night—like one mourning the loss of a parent. With such urgent dedication, and if one can also find guidance and support to penetrate to the very bone, to investigate the truth, it is still possible to glimpse the way.