Linji questioned a monk: "Sometimes a shout is like a diamond king's precious sword. Sometimes a shout is like a golden-haired lion crouching on the ground. Sometimes a shout is like a probing pole and a shade used in fishing to look below the surface of the water. Sometimes a shout does not function as a shout. How do you understand this?" As the monk tried to think of what to say, Linji shouted.
Linji Yixuan (Died 866 CE) The Recorded Sayings of Linji (Cleary)
Comments: I always wondered why he shouted so much. Before I read Linji, I wasn't so sure I liked Linji. After actually reading Linji, he's one of my favorites.
A shout. A slap. Loose change. What do my two cents add up to?
Submitted December 16, 2019 at 12:59AM by Hansa_Teutonica https://ift.tt/2rG33Wa
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