Someone asked Yunmen, "How about when I clear away everything in one fell swoop?"
The Master said, "What do you do about me?"
The questioner replied, "That's your problem!"
"The Master exclaimed, "You windbag!"
Having entered the Dharma Hall for formal instruction, Master Yunmen said:
"Today I'm getting caught up in words with you: Shit, ash, piss, fire! These dirty pigs and scabby dogs can't even distinguish good from bad and are making their living in a shit pit!"
"Let me tell you: you must grasp the whole universe, the earth, the three vehicles' twelve divisions of teachings, and the verbal teachings of all the buddhas of the three realms and all the masters in the whole empire at once right on your eyelashes! Even if you were able to understand this here and now, you'd still be a fellow out of luck who is jumping into a shit pit for no reason at all. If [anyone like that] should ever come by my assembly of patch-robed monks, I'd beat him till his legs break!"
Three monks then stepped forth simultaneously and bowed. The Master said: "A single indictment takes care [of all three of you]."
Like with Buddha and his flower raising business, how much less of a farce would it be if the monks just laughed when Yunmen opened his mouth?
Submitted January 13, 2020 at 10:11AM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/35KhtSP
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