Case 27 The True Man Without Rank
Linji instructed the assembly, saying, “in all of you lumps of red flesh, there is a true man without rank who is always going in and out of the gates of your face. Those of you have not yet had evidence of this, then look, look!”
At that time there was a monk who came forward and asked, “What is a true man without rank like?” Linji came down from his meditation cot and grabbed him, saying, “Speak! Speak!” The monk was about to explain, when Linji let go of him, saying, “What a piece of shit is this true man without rank!”
Miaozong's verse
Casting the imprint, melting the seal:
Completely raising the true command.
To know the principle of the lineage,
Do not deviate by a blink of the eey
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ewk note: Piece of shit person of no rank... how does Linji manage it? Not deviating, how does Miaozong manage it? People come to this forum all the time unable to tell silver from gold, black from white... how do they manage it?
Submitted June 10, 2019 at 03:40AM by ewk http://bit.ly/2QX9XOQ
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