Sunday, August 26, 2012

Ummon gossips on the way to Sokei

The Reading:


Ummon asked a question: "Is there any popular talk on the way to Sokei [where the 6th Patriarch taught].  Then he answered himself, "Two at one time!"
Zen and Zen Classics, Vol.2, R.H. Blyth; p.129

Discussion:

Blyth says these two things are people and Buddha. What a gossip Ummon was!  It was a wonder that he knew anything.


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