Then the master added, "How many people has he deceived?"

Once Master Yunmen said to a monk, "The whole universe is a house.¹ How about the master of the house?"²
The monk had no answer.³
The master said, "Ask me, I'll tell you."⁴
The monk asked,⁵ and the master said, "He has passed away."⁶
Then the master added, "How many people has he deceived?"⁷

Yunmen Wenyan [864-949]

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WildFoxSpirit commentary:

1. The monk didn't didn't realize that he was already defeated from the very first.
2. Compassionately, Yunmen gave him a chance to live.
3. The monk should have held his tongue; the dragon can only see you at night if you move.
4. This is what is known as 'playing with your food'.
5. Dead man walking, dead man walking...
6. Yunmen erases any semblance of his tracks with his tail, that old devil.
7. Making waves where there are none; there's no one to deceive.

Submitted July 12, 2020 at 08:46PM by WildFoxSpirit https://ift.tt/3eiBzbn