Great Zen Buddha Heckles Two Zen Masters

As Yangshan was sitting, Great Zen Buddha¹ lifted one foot and said, "The twenty-eight patriarchs of India were thus, the six patriarchs of China too were thus, the old masters all over the land too are thus, you too are thus, and I too am thus."

Yangshan got down from the Chan seat and hit him four strokes with a wisteria stick.

Great Zen Buddha later went to Lieshan, and said himself, "Here comes the Great Zen Buddha of the land, with four strokes of a wisteria cane on Gathered Cloud Peak."

Lieshan said, "Strike the bell."

Zen ran off.

^{1: Huoshan Jingtong}

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Hey, one of you, don't let me do all the talking--explain this one for us!

(Don't forget about that bit about Zen running off at the end, that's uber important.)

Submitted April 17, 2021 at 06:54AM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/3spwi8V