Ummon's Rice Cake

The Reading:

Shoyoroku., CASE 78:  Ummon's "Rice Cake" – Hekiganroku Case 77
A monk asked Ummon, "What is meant by the pronouncement 'to go beyond the Buddha and
the patriarchs'?"  Ummon said, "Unrefined rice in a cheap cake."


Discussion:

There is always room for rice cakes.