Chung-feng Ming-pen Quotes on Writing (1 Quote)

The koans do not represent the private opinion of a single man, but rather the highest principle ... that accords with the spiritual source, tallies with the mysterious meaning, destroys birth-and-death, and transcends the passions. It cannot be understood by logic it cannot be transmitted in words it cannot be explained in writing it cannot be measured by reason. It is like ... a great fire that consumes all who come near it.