From Case 113 of Dahui's Treasury of the Eye of the True Teaching
Guishan asked Yangshan, "Now that you are called a teacher, how do you discern whether those who come from elsewhere know what is or do not know what is; or whether they have transmission from a teacher or not; or whether they are literalists of mystics. Try to tell me."
Yangshan said, "I have a test. Whenever I see monks coming from elsewhere, I stand up my whisk and ask if they expound this elsewhere or not. I also ask what else the elders do elsewhere, leaving this aside."
Guishan said in praise, "This is the tooth and nail of the school of the source since time immemorial."
"What do they teach where you come from?" isn't just idle blabber while waiting for the tea to steep...
It's putting people on the spot before the whole forum to see what they rely on when confronted with Zen Masters glibness is at once exposed. The tooth that bites to the bone and a claw that rips trolls apart...who's brave enough to meet it head on?
Submitted May 06, 2020 at 06:10AM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/2zfXnFu
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