From Zen Master Yunmen His Life and Essential Sayings:
The Master cited a scripture that says,
The sutras and magic spells, indeed all letters and words, are not at all in conflict with the true form.
Yunmen held up his staff and asked,
"What is this? If you say it is a staff, you go to hell. If it isn't a staff, what is it?"
Note:
If it is just a staff, is the magic lost? What of the lessons in Ch'an's history?
If you are bound up in notions of it being more than, or not a staff, how will it to aid in your journeying when the path gets slippery?
Submitted June 10, 2020 at 06:56PM by Dillon123 https://ift.tt/2XOMIvv
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