A hut-dwelling monk, who was not well would say to all the monks he saw, "Save me, save me."
Many monks spoke to him, but none of their solutions satisfied him. When the Master went to call on him, the hut dweller called out, "Save me."
The Master asked, "What sort of salvation do you want?"
The hut-dweller asked, "Aren't you the Dharma descendant of Yueh-shan and Yun-yen?"
"I humbly acknowledge that I am," asked the Master.
The hut dweller joined his hands in a gesture of respect and said, "I'm leaving you all," and then passed away.
A lot going on here.
What did kind of salvation did the hut-dweller want?
Did Dongshan offer him anything? Take away anything?
I'll leave all this to the readers to figure out. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Submitted October 20, 2019 at 05:59AM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/33MxxTO
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