Blyth's Zen and Zen Classics Volume 3
A monk was taking leave of Zhaozhou, who said to him, "Where are you off to?"
"To Seppo [Xuefeng aka Hsuehfeng 822-908 - from Deshan]," the monk replied.
Zhaozhou said, "Suppose Xuefeng asks you what words I have lately, how will you answer?" The monk asked Zhaozhou to tell him what to say. Zhaozhou said, "Tell him, 'Winter is cold, summer is hot,' and if he suddenly asks further about the Essential, what will you say?" The monk was silent. Zhaozhou went on, " Say, 'I have come from Zhaouzhou intimately; I'm not just a messenger.'"
The monk went to Xuefeng, who asked him, "Where have you come from?" "From Zhaozhou." "Does he have any words?" The monk told Xuefeng what Zhaozhou had said. Xuefeng said, "This must be the first time I got something from Zhaozhou."
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ewk ? note: This is a tricky Case, so let us be guided by the questions as they come up, if they come up. We get people in this forum too ashamed and dishonest to AMA about their beliefs. Clearly the air of Xuefeng and Zhaozhou is too rarified for those kinds of people.
Submitted February 23, 2018 at 12:17AM by ewk http://ift.tt/2CbzqQd
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