Dahui disapproves of the abuses of early masters.

Te Shan would see a monk enter the door and immediately strike him with his staff; Lin Chi would see a monk enter the door and immediately shout. Venerable adepts everywhere call this bringing it up face to face, imparting directly, but I call it first class trailing mud and dripping water. Even if you can take it up with your whole being at a single blow or shout, already you are not a man of power- (in fact) you have been doused over the head by someone else with a ladleful of foul water. How much the more so, if at a shout or blow you are looking for marvels or seeking subtle understanding- this is the stupidest of the stupid. ~ Swampland flowers

Here's an example of the older masters carelessly beating their subservients.

A monk came to Wu Chiu from the congregation of the Master of Ting Chou. Wu Chiu asked, "How does Ting Chou's Dharma Path compare to here? " The monk said, "It's not different." Chiu said, "If it's not different, then you should go back there," and then hit him. The monk said, "There are eyes on the staff: you shouldn't carelessly hit people." Chiu said, "Today I've hit one," and hit him again three times. The monk thereupon went out.

Chiu said, "All along there's been someone receiving an unjust beating." The monk turned around and said, "What can I do? The handle is in your hands, Teacher." Chiu said, "If you want, I'll tum it over to you." The monk came up to Chiu, grabbed the staff out of his hands, and hit him three times. Chiu said, "An unjust beating, an unjust beating! " The monk said, "There's someone receiving it."

Chiu said, "I hit this fellow carelessly." Immediately the monk bowed. Chiu said, "Yet you act this way." The monk laughed loudly and went out. Chiu said, "That's all it comes to, that's all it comes to."

Submitted July 11, 2017 at 05:47AM by Hip2BS http://ift.tt/2sJsp0i