Yunmen Wenyan [864–949]: Forget about all the phrases that you’ve learned in the monasteries and tell me: how does my food taste?

Once at a donated meal Master Yunmen asked the monks, "Forget about all the phrases that you’ve learned in the monasteries and tell me: how does my food taste?"

On behalf of the silent monks he said, "There’s too little salt and vinegar on the vegetables."

Yunmen Wenyan [864–949]

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Commentary: [stunned speechless]

Submitted November 15, 2019 at 07:57PM by WanderingRoninXIII https://ift.tt/2CIKKRU