This is Tiantong's verse to the 49th case from the Book of Serenity,
How could he be able to say this?
In the third watch the cock crows--Dawn for the forest of homes.
How could he be willing to say this?
The thousand-year crane grows old with the pine in the clouds.
The jewel mirror, clear and bright, shows absolute and relative:
The jade machine revolves--see them both show up at once.
The Way of the school is greatly influential, its regulated steps continuous and fine:
Father and son change and pass through--oceanic is their fame.
It seems to me that for Tiantong this case is about pressing into the questions even more. He lifts up with one hand, and pushes down with the other. He even makes a reference to a previous case, where someone asked Huguo "How is it when a crane stands on a withered pine?" and Huguo said, "An embarrassment on the ground below."
The second part seems a bit more straightforward. Ask me something about it and we'll see if that's true.
Submitted March 25, 2023 at 09:59PM by astroemi https://ift.tt/6VLKDOo
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