Master Nanyuan said to an assembly,
“In the mass of naked flesh stand like a wall a mile high.”
A monk asked, “’In the mass of naked flesh stand like a wall a mile high’—isn’t this a saying of yours?”
He said, “Yes.” The monk then overturned the Chan seat.
Nanyuan said, “Look at this blind fellow acting rebelliously.”
The monk hesitated; Nanyuan hit him and drove him out.
Dahui said, “I now guarantee you this matter is ultimately not in vain.”
From the Dahui Shobogenzo.
Note: I remember u/ewk mentioning that a more accurate translation of Bodhidharma sitting in front of a wall for years was something about a mind like a straight standing wall. Maybe that's where Nanyuan got it?
u/Ewk do you have a source on that? It always interested me.
Submitted December 31, 2017 at 09:30PM by koancomentator http://ift.tt/2lxkJMw
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