Going to read a couple of you and men's talks in front of the assembly. Get a little flavor for this guy. On the Day when you and men first entered the hall is Abbot, the governor of guang zhao attended in person and said to the Master, your disciple asks for your value teaching. You and men said there is nothing special to say is better if I don't speak and thereby deceive you all. I'm sorry that I've already played the part of a wily old fox for all of you. If a man of clear vision were to suddenly see me now I'd be the object of laughter. But if I can avoid it, then I'll just ask you all from the beginning. What's the big deal? What are you lacking? I don't have anything to say. There's nothing to be seen. You have to break through to this on your own. And don't ask silly questions. In my mind, there's just a dark fog. Tomorrow morning and the day after there are a lot of affairs going on here. If your disposition is to tarry here, and not to return to your usual lives, to look here and there at the gates and gardens built by the ancients, what point is there and all that you want to understand? That's just due to your own quagmire of delusion accumulated for endless eons. You hear someone expound on something, and it puts a doubt in your mind. So you ask about Buddha, and you ask about the ancestors looking high and low, searching for a solution. Getting caught up in things. This scheming mind is wide of the mark. It's always caught up in words and phrases, isn't what you require the non intention to mind. Don't be mistaken about this. There's nothing more to say Take care. So and we're off to a good start. One more here, you and men entered the hall to address the monks saying, Why are you all aimlessly coming here looking for something? I only know how to eat and shit. What use is there in explaining anything else? You've taken pilgrimages everywhere, studying Zen and inquiring about the Dao. But I asked you, What have you learned in those places? Let's see it and check it out. In the midst of all this, what's the master of your own house attained? You've trailed behind some old fellows grabbing something they've already chewed on and spit out and then call it your own. Then you say I understand Zen, or I understand Tao. Even if you can recite the whole Buddhist canon, what will you do with it? The ancients didn't know when enough was enough. They saw you scurrying around and when they said Bodhi and Nirvana, they covered you up and staked you down. Then when they saw you didn't understand they said no Bodie and no nirvana. It should have been made clear from the start that this just goes around. Then around. Now you just keep looking for commentaries and explanations. You who act like this destroy our school. You've been going on like this endlessly and where has it brought you to today? Back when I was making pilgrimages, there was a group of people who gave me explanations. They were well intentioned. But one day I saw through what they were saying, there are a bunch of laughing stocks. If I live a few more years, I'll break the legs of those people who destroy our school. Nowadays, there are plenty of things to get mixed up with, why don't you go do them? What piece of dried shit are you looking for here? Your man then got down from the seat and drove the monks from the hall with his staff.