"Once in Chen Chou, as Elder Ting was returning from a vegetarian feast, he rested on a bridge. There he met three Buddhist monks.
One of them asked, "What is the meaning of 'Where the river of Ch'an is deep, you must plumb the very bottom'?" Ting grabbed him and was about to throw him off the bridge, when the other two Buddhists frantically tried to rescue him, saying, "Stop! Stop! He has offended you, Elder but we hope you will be merciful."
Ting said, "If not for you two, I would have let him plumb the very bottom."
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Case 32: Jo and the "Essence of Buddhism"
A senior monk Jo asked Rinzai, "What is the essence of Buddhism?"
Rinzai came down from his seat, grabbed him by the lapels, slapped him and thrust him away. Jo stood there as if rooted to the spot.
A monk standing nearby said, "Senior monk Jo! Why don't you make a deep bow?"
As he made a deep bow, Jo suddenly attained a great enlightenment.
Submitted February 21, 2018 at 11:43PM by seigando http://ift.tt/2Gyu27O
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