In an address at Baiyun, Master Wuzu Yan quoted,
“Xuefeng asked Deshan, ‘What doctrine have the sages since antiquity taught people?’
Deshan said, ‘Our school has no verbal expression, and not a single doctrine to give people.’
Xuefeng had an insight from this.
A monk asked Xuefeng, ‘When you saw Deshan, what did you attain to enable you to have peace?’ Xuefeng said, ‘I went empty-handed and returned empty-handed.’
Note: Another master stating Zen has no doctrine.
Xuefeng's answer of "I went empty-handed and returned empty-handed" echoes the idea of no doctrine, but also suggests that there was no change after his insight. This reminds me of folks like Linji and Yunmen and Bankei telling their students that they already have what they are searching for.
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Submitted June 13, 2017 at 09:07PM by koancomentator http://ift.tt/2rWXRKU
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