Master Yantang Ji was asked by a monk, “At night the moon unfurls its light—why is there no reflection in the aquamarine pond?”
He said, “You’re an expert at toying with a reflection.”
The monk crossed from east to west and stood there.
Ji said, “Not only do you toy with a reflection, you also fear for your head.”
DevinD420's two cents: This poor monk came up short, but there's really not much of an issue here. The golden-scaled fish stirs up the pond, Ji holds every head under. If a clear-eyed fellow makes his way around, Ji would be thrown neck deep in, begging for a lifejacket!
Source: The Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching Volume 2 translated by Thomas Cleary #559
Submitted December 06, 2018 at 06:29PM by DevinD420 https://ift.tt/2G0CBwL
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