POINTER a
Collecting the causes, producing the result, completing the beginning, completing the end. Face to face, there is nothing hidden, but fundamentally I have never explained. If there is suddenly someone who comes forth and says, "All summer we've been asking for instruction; why have you never explained? - Wait till you've awakened, then I'll tell you.
Tell me, do you think that this is avoidance of direct confrontation, or do you think it has some other merit? To test, I cite this to see.
CASE
When the Master of T'ien P'ing was traveling on foot, he called on Hsi Yuan. He always would say, "Do not say you understand the Buddhist Teaching; I cannot find a single man who can quote a saying.” 1
One day Hsi Yuan saw him from a distance and called him by name: "Ts'ung Yi!” 2
P'ing raised his head: 3
Hsi Yuan said, "Wrong!” 4
P'ing went two or three steps; 5
Hsi Yuan again said, "Wrong!” 6
P'ing approached; 7
Hsi Huan said, "These two wrongs just now: were they my wrongs or your wrongs?” 8
P'ing said, "My wrongs.” 9
Hsi Yuan said, "Wrong!” 10
P’ing gave up. 11
Hsi Yuan said, "Stay here for the summer and wait for me to discuss these two wrongs with you. 12
But P'ing immediately went away. 13
Later, when he was dwelling in a temple, he said to his community, 4
"When I was first travelling on foot, I was blown by the wind of events to Elder Ssu Ming's place: twice in a row he said 'Wrong!' and tried to keep me there over the summer to wait for him to deal with me. I did not say it was wrong then; when I set out for the South, I already knew that it was wrong. 15
NOTES
1. He's let slip quite a bit. This fellow is right, but nevertheless he's like the sacred tortoise dragging his tail.
2. The hook is set.
3. Got him! A double case.
4. Still he must have been tempered in a furnace before being able. He splits his guts and wounds his heart. When the seal of the three essentials is lifted, the red spot is narrow; before any attempt to discuss it, host and guest are distinguished.
5. Already he's fallen halfway behind. This fellow is washing a clod of dirt in the mud.
6. Splits his guts and wounds his heart. Everyone calls this a double case, but they do not know it is like putting water in water, like exchanging gold for gold.
7. As before, he doesn't know where to rest. More and more he gropes without finding.
8. The first arrows were still light; this last arrow goes deep.
9. He mistakes a saddle ridge for his father's lower jaw.b As for such patchrobed monks as this one, even if you killed a thousand or ten thousand of them, what crime would it be?
10. He adds frost to snow.
11. He mistakenly goes by the zero point of the scale. After all he doesn't know where to rest. I knew his nostrils were in someone else's hand.
12. Hsi Yuan's spine is usually hard as iron; why did he not immediately drive (T'ien P'ing) away?
13. He still resembles a patchrobed monk; he resembles one, but isn't really.
14. A poor man thinks of his old debts. Still it is necessary to check.
15. What can he do about the two wrongs? A thousand "wrongs," ten thousand "wrongs"; nonetheless it's all irrelevant. All the more he shows his senility and saddens others.
TRANSLATOR’S NOTES
A. According to the recommendation of Tenkei Denson, this pointer has been exchanged with that of the hundredth case, but either is suitable for both.
B. A man searching a battlefield for his father's remains finds a sad dle ridge and mistakes it for his father's lower jaw.
NOTES FROM AN 🦉
What a case. Who is right, who is wrong? Face to face there is nothing hidden, fundamentally nothing has ever been explained. If you don’t know where to rest, then you can only keep moving restlessly.
Fundamentally, what has ever moved? They say P’ing is still restless, ever searching for this answer.
Submitted May 06, 2021 at 10:38PM by Owlsdoom https://ift.tt/3vMVAzT
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