Seonmun yeomsong jip: The Collected Gongan of Seon Buddhism
Case
Chan master Baizhang Huaihai was walking along with Mazu and saw a wild duck fly by. Mazu said, “What is that?” The master said, “A wild duck.” Mazu said, “Where is it going?” The master said, “It is flying away.” Mazu thereupon twisted the master’s nose. The master moaned in pain. Mazu said, “When did it ever fly away?”
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Xuedou Chongxian’s Verse
Wild duck, do you know where you’re going?
Mazu saw you come and shared a word with you,
He spoke exhaustively of the sentience of mountains, clouds, ocean, and moon,
As before, you don’t understand and fly away.
If it wishes to fly away, then grab on to it.
Speak! Speak!
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Foyin Zhiqing’s Verse
Master and disciple were idly walking in a field of grass,
A wild duck flies by and cries and a thought suddenly arises.
A nose was twisted and this (original), what matter was accomplished?
At midday the bell is struck in Silla to announce the third watch of the night.
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Shangfang Riyi’s Verse
Flowing water has either east or west,
The reed has no front and back.
A bird in the sand suddenly flies in,
*A fisherman is startled by its singing in the night."
Who says moonlight is nowhere to be sought?
It’s been there on the autumn river all along.
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Chongsheng Yuangong’s Verse
A duck is not a duck,
A person is not a person.
Its cry is fresh in both the past and the present,
Zhaozhou and Wenyuan both debate over who is more inferior,
Old Wang has not a single person to whom he can sell himself.
Because of the intercalary month every three years,
One year we encounter two rounds of spring.
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Jiangshan Keqin’s Verse
Wild ducks pass by the creek,
The thousand peaks display their chilly colors, I look around but do not know where they return,
I cannot help but depend on a strike (from a master),
Twist away the ball of doubt and the kudzu-like words melt away,
Bring the wind directly to dirt and it streaks up to the clear sky,
Clouds, mountains, ocean, and moon are messy things,
A single saying returns to the source and the ten-thousand (i.e., all) kingdoms pay tribute
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Fojian Keqin’s Verse
Master Ma took pity on you for your lack of knowledge,
He borrowed a wild duck and connected you to the revealed facts,
Immediately fetid blood flows from the nose,
The old lady exhausted all her strength.
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Foyan Qingyuan’s Verse
In the grass there are usually thousands upon thousands of (wild ducks),
He reports, ‘it flew away,’ how could this be in vain?
The nose is an extremely useless piece of flesh,
Vertically and horizontally pierce it however you like.
Submitted March 16, 2021 at 06:44PM by The_Mahdoubt https://ift.tt/3eNKpSa
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