Passing beyond stages, absolutely transcending expedient means, mind to mind in mutual accord, each phrase harmonizing with the other. If you haven't entered the gate of great liberation and attained great liberty of action, how can you measure the Buddhas and Patriarchs, or be a mirror and guide for the Essential Vehicle?
A monk asked Yun Men:
"What is every atom samadhi?"
Men said:
"Food in the bowl, water in the bucket."
Can you settle the case properly? If you can, then Yun Men's nostrils are in your hands. If you are unable to settle it properly, then your nostrils are in Yun Men's hands. Yun Men has phrases that cut nails and shear through iron. In this one phrase three phrases are present.
"Food in the bowl, water in the bucket"
The talkative teacher can hardly open his mouth.
Northern Dipper, Southern Star -- their positions are not different;
White foamy waves flooding the skies arise on level ground.
Trying or not trying,
Stopping or not stopping,
Each and every one is a rich man's son with no britches.
Yuanwu begins by bringing forth his challenge on full display. How can you enter this gate of great liberation that he speaks of? Careful! Shuffling around won't do it; nor will sitting quietly.
Then he brings forth the public case before the court and demands whose nostrils are in whose hands!
Finally Xuedou comes and caps the whole thing off. Pantless sons and daughters of a rich man -- skewered all the way through.
Settling the case on basis of the facts, how do you answer the monk?
Submitted December 20, 2019 at 02:17AM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/2Z4GarH
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