Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Yunmen has nothing to say

Having entered the Dharma Hall for a formal instruction, Master Yunmen said: “Today I shall bring up a case [from the Chan tradition] for you.” The whole assembly listened attentively.

After a while a monk stepped forward and bowed. When he was about to ask a question, Master Yunmen went after him with his staff, crying, “You resemble those exterminators of Buddhism, those monks who receive donated food on the long bench96 [and say] ‘What’s there to talk about [with the donor]?’ You bunch of rowdies!”

Using his staff, Master Yunmen chased them out of the hall at once.

Koa: it seems there is actually no “truths” that Zen can teach you other that your reality itself. Isn’t it OK to chase monks away then?



Submitted December 11, 2018 at 10:09PM by koalazen https://ift.tt/2B86Ufe

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