THE BLUE CLIFF RECORD, Thirty-fifth case: The Dialogue of Manjusri and Wu Cho

THE BLUE CLIFF RECORD, Thirty-fifth case: The Dialogue of Manjusri and Wu Cho

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POINTER

Determining dragons and snakes, distinguishing jewels and stones, separating the profound and the naive, to settle all uncertainty: if you haven't an eye on your forehead and a talisman under your elbow, time and again you will miss the point immediately. Right at this very moment seeing and hearing are not obscured; sound and form are purely real. Tell me, is it black? Is it white? Is it crooked? Is it straight? At this point how will you discriminate?

CASE

Manjusri asked Wu Cho, "Where have you just come from?"

Wu cho said, "The South."

Manjusri said, "How is the Buddhist Teaching being carried on in the South?"

Wu Cho said, "Monks of the Last Age have little regard for the rules of discipline."

Manjusri said, "How numerous are the congregations?"

Wu Cho said, "Some three hundred, some five hundred."

Wu Cho asked Manjusri, "How is it being carried on hereabouts?"

Manjusri said, "Ordinary people and sages dwell together, dragons and snakes intermingle."

Wu Cho said, "How numerous are the congregations?"

Manjusri said, "In front, three by three; in back, three by three."

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