Tuesday, 7 January 2020

Obviously

 

As the Layman and Sung-shan Ho-shang were drinking tea together, the Layman held up the stand of his teacup and said: "Everyone without exception is endowed with it: why can no one speak?"

"Just because everyone without exception is endowed with it, no one can speak," returned Sung-shan.

"How is it, my elder brother, that you can speak?" asked the Layman.

"I can't help but speak," replied Sung-shan.

"Obviously, obviously," returned the Layman.

 

What.. why is a Layman quoted in the zen forum?

 



Submitted January 08, 2020 at 02:00AM by UhExis https://ift.tt/37IyVss

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