Measuring Tap is a book of Zen instruction by Zen Master Yuanwu, who also wrote Blue Cliff Record. It's on Amazon as an ebook only, 5$. Shame on you if you haven't bought it yet. 5$! What the @#$@?
- Huangbo shuts the door
Zhaozhou went to Huangbo
Yuanwu interrupting: (Two old outlaws.)
When Huangbo saw him coming, he shut the door to his room.
Yuanwu interrupting: (A follower of Meng Chang.)
Zhaozhou said, "Help, fire! Help, fire!"
Yuanwu interrupting: (After all he is not out of order as a red-shoed guest.)
Huangbo then came out, grabbed and held him, and said, "Speak, speak!"
Yuanwu interrupting: (A double case.)
Zhaozhou said, "You're drawing your bow after the bandit has gone."
Yuanwu interrupting: (He's run into this fellow's tricks.)
Xuedou added the commentary: "This is simply laughable.
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Welcome! ewk comment: As with everything in Measuring Tap, Yuanwu is in too much of a hurry to explain anything and all the ripe fruit just rots on the ground.
Huangbo didn't know Zhaozhou was arriving, did he?
Xuedou laughing at these old people, isn't he robbing everybody?
Submitted July 25, 2022 at 08:09AM by ewk https://ift.tt/g618v47
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