One silk sash, thirty in cash

In the hall, Master Yunmen said:

“Tell me, what level of activity is it when the old buddhas do it(have sex with) with the pillars?” Nobody answered.

The Master said, “Ask me, I’ll tell you!”

A monk asked [what level of function it was], and the Master answered, “One silk sash: thirty in cash.”

In place of the first words [about buddhas and pillars], the Master said, “When clouds gather on South Mountain, rain falls on North Mountain.”

The monk went on inquiring, “How about ‘one silk sash: thirty in cash’?”

The Master replied, “It’s a deal!”

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That’s definitely … unique. Anyone have anything to say on this at all? I mean obviously there’s going to be primarily jokes made on this case, since Yunmen was also making a joke. But really, what on earth was he “teaching”?

Submitted December 25, 2018 at 11:18PM by Pistaf http://bit.ly/2BEAOrS