Master Baofeng Jun said to an assembly, The Great Way is everywhere; whatever you encounter, there it is. When the clouds open up, the sun emerges; the waters are aquamarine, the mountains are bluish green.
[suddenly he took his staff and stood it up]
Great Master Yunmen is here. He says that Guanyin Bodhisattva takes a penny to buy a cracker, but when she puts it down it turns out to be a dumpling. People, Yunmen only sees the sharpness of the awl; he does not see the squareness of the chisel. I am otherwise.
[he threw down his staff]
Don’t serve the king of emptiness midway along the road; make the effort to get home.
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ewk note: What can you do with a chisel that you can't do with an awl? Anybody that calls themselves a Zen student must surely take this up...
Submitted November 16, 2018 at 04:05AM by ewk https://ift.tt/2OM6Y99
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