The next day Baso ascended the pulpit and the monks had barely assmedbeled when Hyakujo came forward and rolled up the praying-cloth. Baso at once came down and went back to his own room. He said to Hyakujo, What do you mean by rolling up the praying-cloth when I had gone into the Hall and not even begun to preach?" Hyakujo said, "Yesterday you pulled my nose and it hurt." Baso asked, "Where had you fixed your mind yesterday?" Hyakujo replied, "My nose doesn't hurt today."
-Blyth, Zen and Zen Classics Volume 4, Mumonkan, p.40
Discussion:
Accept no substitutes.
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