Do not say,
“I understand! I have attained mastery!”
If you have attained mastery, then why are you
going around asking other people questions? As soon as
you say you understand zen, people watch whatever
you do and whatever you say, wondering
why you said this or that.
If you claim to understand zen,
moreover, this is actually a contention of ignorance.
What about the saying that one should “silently shine, hiding
one’s enlightenment?” What about “the path is not
different from the human mind?”