Ma Tsu sent a messenger with a letter and a present of three
jars of sauce to Pai Chang. After ordering the assistant to
place the three jars in the Ch'an hall he ascended to his high
seat, pointed his staff at the jars and said, 'If you can speak
correctly I shall not break the jars; if you do not speak correctly
I shall break them.'
The audience remained speechless and Pai Chang broke
the jars of sauce and returned to the abbot's room.[19]
- The act of breaking the jars is the functioning of the mind and the
act of returning to the abbot's room reveals the return of function to the
substance of the mind.
Sauce: The Third Generation After The Patriarch Hui Neng:
Ch'an Master Pai Chang
R.S.M.: Doesn't sound like Pai Chang was going to eat any of Matsu's sauce.... Was Matsu a bad chef?
In Sunface Mazu says: "since I left confusion behind, I have lacked neither salt nor sauce." Sounds like that baller Matsu is quite the sauce-boss.
How many monks had to lick sauce off the floor in the hall that evening?
Submitted January 23, 2020 at 02:37PM by royalsaltmerchant https://ift.tt/2TMzz4t
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