Blue Cliff Record, Case 11
Case
Huangbo addressed the assembly and said, "You are all gobblers of dregs [brewer's grain]. If you go on studying Zen like that, when will there ever be a day for you? Do you know that in all the land of T'ang there is no Zen teacher?"
Then a monk came forward and said, "But surely there are those who teach disciples and preside over the assemblies. What about that?"
Huangbo said, "I do not say that there is no Zen, but that there is no Zen teacher."
Yuanwu's Comment
That essence of the school that has come down from ancient times -- sometimes holding, sometimes letting go, sometimes killing, sometimes giving life, sometimes releasing, sometimes gathering up -- I dare to ask all of you, what would be a teacher of Zen? As soon as I speak this way I've already lost my head. People, where are your nostrils? They've been pierced through!
The more you abandon, the more you aren't at rest; the more you seek, the more you don't see; the more you take on, the more you sink down. Wholeheartedly discard the marvelous wonders of the principle of Buddha Dharma; let it all go at once, and then you will after all have gotten somewhere, and wherever you are it will naturally become manifest.
king_nine's Comment
Huangbo can no longer teach or preside. His beer is long since drunk. If you want something to ease your thirst, you'll have to find a brew closer to home.
Knock it back! Without words -- how does it taste?
Submitted February 07, 2020 at 11:37PM by king_nine https://ift.tt/2SbaS0x
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