The recorded sayings of Layman Pang - #5 Dialogues with Tan-hsia [Part Two]

Here is [Part Uno]

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One day Tan-hsia went again to visit the Layman. As he reached the gate they met. Tan-hsia asked: "Is the Layman here?"

"A starving man doesn't choose his food," returned the Layman.

"Is old P'ang here?" asked Tan-hsia.

"Heavens, heavens!" sighed the Layman and entered the house.

"Heavens, heavens!" sighed Tan-hsia; then [he turned and] went back.

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One day Tan-hsia asked the Layman: "How does today's meeting compare with yesterday's?"

"Showing me yesterday's affair just as it is, demonstrate your Ch'an eye," returned the Layman.

"As for the Ch'an eye," replied Tan-hsia, "can it put you into itself, Mr. Pang?"

"I'm in your eye," said the Layman.

"My eye is narrow," said Tan-hsia. "Where can you find a place in it to put your body?"

"Why should this eye be narrow! Why should this body be put!" rejoined the Layman.

Tan-hsia desisted.

"If you will speak one word more," said the Layman, "this conversation can be rounded off."

Again Tan-hsia did not reply.

"As to this one word, above all others, no man can say it," remarked the Layman.

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 03:13PM by UhExistence https://ift.tt/2E4xPKc