BCR #7 - tr. Thomas Cleary (with parenthetical remarks by Yuanwu)
Huichao asked Fayan, (What does he say? Wearing handcuffs, he hands over his indictment)
“Huichao asks the teacher, what is the Buddha?” (What’s he saying? His eyeballs pop out)
Fayan said, “you are Huichao.” (He comes out according to the pattern. Iron scrap stuffing. He fends him off with a counterattack.)
BCR #7: from the Commentary by Yuanwu
People of later times just made up interpretations based on the words. Some say, "Huichao is himself the Buddha; that is why Fayan answered thus." Some say, "It's like riding an ox in search of an ox." Some say, "The asking is it." What relevance has any of this? If you go on interpreting in this fashion, not only do you turn away from yourself, you seriously demean Fayan.
Re: eyeballs (from Yuanwu's commentary on BCR #2)
The monk asked Kiangyan, "What is the person on the Way?" Kiangyan said, “Eyeballs in a skull”
The monk asked Shishuang, "What are eyeballs in a skull?" Shishuang said, “Still having consciousness”
The monk asked Caoshan, “What are eyeballs in a skull?” Caoshan said, “Not dried up”
Verse, by me:
So much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
with eyeballs popping
out
what is iron scrap
stuffing?
Questions for discussion
Seriously what is iron scrap stuffing?
I partly left out the stuff about the "dragon's song" because I associate "dragons" with that store at the mall that sold ornamental daggers and Zippo lighters?
Submitted January 24, 2020 at 07:30AM by in_dee_nile https://ift.tt/36qsWat
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