Layman Pang: Don't start the funeral without him

Green's trans.

On another day, Tanhsia came to visit the Layman. As he entered the gateway they saw each other and Tanhisia asked, "Is the Layman here or not?"

The Layman said, "He died of starvation while fasting."

Tanhsia said, "Well, is old man Pang here or not?"

The Layman said, "Oh my god! Oh my god!" and went into his house.

Tanhsia said, "Oh my god! Oh my god!" and left.

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ewk ^? note: After hanging out in this forum for awhile I know something about what people are looking for in Zen texts that they aren't finding... but what are they looking for that they are finding? Is it the Layman, or old man Pang? Come forward and explain yourselves.

Submitted March 13, 2018 at 11:57PM by ewk http://ift.tt/2p8g2v3