Footnote n. 40. from the "Practice Instructions" of Master Hongzi, in Cultivating the empty field reads:
Jinhua Juzhi or Judi (9th cent.), "Golden Flower of Juzhi [a place]"; in Japanese, Kinka Gutei. This Zen master was famous for always responding to questions by raising one finger. See T. Cleary, Book of Serenity, case 84; Cleary and Cleary, Blue Cliff Records, case 19; and Yamada, Gateless Gate, case 3. In the Book of Serenity, Hongzhi includes this verse commentary:
Old Judi's finger-tip Chan--
Thirty years he used it without wearing out.
Truly he has the unconventional technique of a man of the Way--
Ultimately there are no mundane things before his eyes to see.
His realization most simple,
the device the more broad.
An ocean of billions of worlds is drunk in the tip of a hair:
Fish and dragons limitless--into whose hands do they fall?
Take care, Mr. Ren, holding the fishing pole!
[After speaking this verse, Hongzhi] then also raised a finger and said, 'Look'!"
Submitted October 24, 2019 at 07:09AM by persio809 https://ift.tt/31I1eDK
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