The Reading:
Ummon said to his monks, "The whole universe is the medicine to cure illness, -but who's the sick man?"
Ummon said to his monks, "The whole universe is the medicine to cure illness, -but who's the sick man?"
Zen and Zen Classics, Vol.2, R.H. Blyth; p.129
Discussion:
That's a big pill! What is Ummon saying? It makes no sense! But what is a cure without a patient? What does this have to do with us?
If you didn't come here for questions, but instead answers, then you will go away hungry. Zen is about questions, not about answers.
That's a big pill! What is Ummon saying? It makes no sense! But what is a cure without a patient? What does this have to do with us?
If you didn't come here for questions, but instead answers, then you will go away hungry. Zen is about questions, not about answers.
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