Why is Living Zen so upsetting to people?

via zenmarrow.com

Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching #360: 360 Master Deshan Yuanming said to an assembly,

Just study the living word, don't study the dead word. If you understand from the living word, you'll never be bogged down in doubt. "Each atom is a Buddha land, each leaf is a Buddha" - these are dead words. Raising the eyebrows, blinking the eyes, raising a finger, standing up a whisk - these are dead words. "Mountains, rivers, and earth have no further mistake" - these are dead words.

A monk then asked, "What is the living word?"

He said "A Parsi looks up."

The monk said, "Then I'm not mistaken."

Yuanming thereupon hit him.

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Welcome link; ewk comment: ^who? Yeah! What he said! And PS such a lemon, haters! Pwns for miles!

lol. Book drop.

Submitted April 26, 2021 at 06:30PM by ewk https://ift.tt/2PmbilS