A monk asked, "What about it when the clear moon is in the sky?"
The master said, "You're still a person of categories."
The monk said, "Please lead me out of categories."
The master said, "When the moon has set, come and see me."
Once, while the master was in the latrine, he called out to Wen-yuan.
Wen-yuan answered, "Yes?"
The master said, "I'm in the latrine now and needn't expound the Dharma any further for you."
The master went out and ran into an old woman who was carrying a basket.
The master asked, "Where are you going?"
The old woman said, "I'm taking bamboo shoots to Zhaozhou."
The master said, "When you see Zhaozhou what will you do?"
The old woman walked up and slapped the master.
Frolicking through Zhaozhou's Record, we end our journey by circling back to the road where it all forked from. To reference the 1st Excerpt:
Nan-chuan said, "The Way does not belong to knowing or not knowing. To know is to have a concept; to not know is to be ignorant. If you truly realize the Way of no doubt, it is just like the sky: wide open vast emptiness. How can you say 'yes' or 'no' to it?"
At these words the master[Zhaozhou] had sudden enlightenment. His mind became like the clear moon.
A monk arrives hearing that Zhaozhou's mind became like the clear moon . . . leaves with Zhaozhou telling him to come and see him when the moon has set.
I'll indulge despite Zhaozhou making excuses in the latrine. What's it like when the moon has set?
Submitted January 02, 2020 at 11:08PM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/36ipoIp
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