(DaHui's Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching: Vol. 1; T. Cleary ... Thank you ZenMarrow!)
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A monk came to master SuShan about building a monument.
SuShan asked him:
How much money are you going to give to the builder?
The monk said:
It's entirely up to you, Master.
SuShan said:
Are you going to give the builder three coins, two coins, or one coin? If you can answer, build the monument for me yourself.
The monk had no reply.
At that time master LuoShan was living in a hermitage on DaYu Ridge. That monk went to LuoShan, who asked him where he'd come from.
He said he'd come from SuShan.
LuoShan asked him what sayings SuShan had uttered recently, and the monk repeated what SuShan had said.
When LuoShan heard this account, he said:
Has anyone been able to tell?
The monk said no one had been able to speak.
LuoShan said:
Go back to SuShan and tell him that you heard about this on DaYu and say, 'If you give the builder three coins, the master will surely never get a monument in all his lifetime. If you give the builder two coins, the master and the builder together will put forth one hand. If you give the builder one coin, you'll burden the builder and his eyebrows and whiskers will fall out.'
The monk then went back and quoted this to SuShan.
Hearing this statement, LuoShan bowed ceremoniously toward DaYu Ridge and said in praise:
I thought there was no one; on DaYu there is an ancient Buddha radiating light reaching all the way here.
Then he told the monk:
Go to DaYu and say he's like a lotus blossom in winter.
The monk then took this statement to LuoShan.
LuoShan said:
Turtle hair has already grown several yards.
Here's a tip: What's a coin?
Here's a second: Where will you find a competent builder?
Don't ask me for a third!
Submitted May 03, 2021 at 06:42PM by The_Faceless_Face https://ift.tt/3teehe7
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