Yuezhou Qianfeng was once asked by a monastic, “Bodhisattvas in the ten directions have one path to the gate of Nirvana. I wonder, what is the path?” Yuezhou drew a line with his staff and said, “It’s right here.”
Student: “Yuezhou, drawing a line with his staff, said, ‘It’s right here’. Where is the ‘here’ he meant?”
Master: “Here.”
Student: “I don’t understand.”
Master: “There.”
Commentary:
Don’t make the mistake of failing to recognise where you are because your eyes are blocked by the word ‘here’.
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