As Master Guizan was weeding, a lecturing monk came to call on him. Suddenly a snake slithered by; Guizong killed it with his hoe.
The monk said, "Long have I heard of Guizong, but after all you're a roughneck monk."
Holding the hoe, Guizong glared back at the monk and said, "Are you rough or am I rough?"
Later Xuefeng asked Deshan, "What was the ancient's meaning when he killed the snake?"
Deshan immediately struck him; Xuefeng walked away. Deshan called to him, and Xuefeng turned his head.
Deshan said, "Later he was enlightened; only then did he realize the old guy's thorough-going kindness."
Submitted September 10, 2017 at 03:15AM by dec1phah http://ift.tt/2wPK4Ja
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