Monday, 10 June 2019

The Real Shobogenzo: Yangshan v. Huangbo!

Dahui's Real Original, the First Shobogenzo:

239.  Master Huangbo said to an assembly, “You people are all gobblers of dregs; if you travel like this, where will you have Today?  Do you know there are no Chan teachers in all of China?”  Then a monk asked, “What about those who order followers and lead groups everywhere?”  Huangbo said, “I don’t say there’s no Chan, just that there are no teachers.”

Guishan asked Yangshan about this.  Yangshan said, “A king goose picking out milk [from water] is sure no duck.”  Guishan said, “This is truly hard to distinguish.”

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ewk note: Meanwhile, other "teachers of Chan" separate out milk from water, via prize goose! Who else could attempt it!



Submitted June 11, 2019 at 09:57AM by ewk http://bit.ly/2WYhXEN

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