示希有禪人
Showing the Rare Chan Practitioner
佛法本現成，不會時不曾少，會時亦不曾多。若能善用心，必不學禪客樣，必不說套頭語，恐不能瞞人，只瞞得自己。臨濟三年不知問話，一日出身，是何作用。雖然如是，平素斷不可坐在無事甲裏。畢竟有一莫大的事，蘊在胸中，不肯輕輕放過。直須勘破佛祖舌頭，透頂透底，略無疑滯，方是汝放下時也。勉之。
The Dharma is already fully present. When you don't understand it, it is not diminished; when you do understand it, it is not increased. If you can make good use of your mind, you will certainly not imitate the mannerisms of Chan tourists, and you will certainly not speak stock phrases — afraid of not being able to fool others, when in fact you only fool yourself. Linji spent three years without knowing how to ask a question; then one day he came into his own — what kind of working was that? Even so, in ordinary times you must absolutely not sit down inside the armor of having-nothing-to-do. Ultimately there is one immensely great matter that is stored up in your chest, and you must not lightly let it go. You must directly break through the tongues of the buddhas and patriarchs, penetrating to the very top and the very bottom, with not the slightest doubt or obstruction remaining — only then is it the time for you to let go. Strive on.