Blue Cliff Record (Forty-sixth Case)

Translated by Thomas and J.C. Cleary:

Ching Ch'ing asked a monk, "What sound is that outside the gate?" The monk said, "The sound of raindrops."

Ch'ing said, "Sentient beings are inverted. They lose themselves and follow after things."

The monk said, "What about you, Teacher?"

Ch'ing said, "I almost don't lose myself."

The monk said, "What is the meaning of 'I almost don't lost myself'?"

Ch'ing said, "Though it should be easy to express oneself, to say the whole thing has to be difficult."

kphoover: "There was a demon that lived in the air. They said whoever challenged him would die." (The Right Stuff)

Submitted November 19, 2019 at 07:57PM by kphoover https://ift.tt/2OpiYiR