Measuring Tap is Yuanwu's annotations on a book by Xuedou:
Yuanwu's Instruction:
A monk asked Yangshan, "Can the reality body teach?" Yangshan pushed a pillow forward. When Guishan heard of this, he said, "Yangshan is using the action of the sword blade."
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Welcome! ewk comment: Lots of things going on here.
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Who are Yangshan and Guishan? If you don't know, you aren't an enlightened Zen Master.
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What's the reality body? If you can't say, then how do you know what it teaches?
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What sword blade? If you can't wield it, than how can you show your face in public where people talk about Zen.
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Is it a pillow? Or a cushion?
Submitted February 10, 2022 at 07:19AM by ewk https://ift.tt/CNUyXTY
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