‘Zen master Jingxuan of Mount Dayang once asked Liangshan. “What is the formless seat of enlightenment?”
Liangshan pointed to a painting of Avalokitesvara and said, “That is a painting by Daoist practitioner Wu.”
Dayang was about to speak. Liangshan suddenly grabbed him and said, “This has form. What is it that has no form?”
At that moment Dayang had realization. He just stood there. Liangshan said, “Why don’t you speak a phrase?”
Dayang said, “It’s not that I am unwilling to say something. I just fear that it will end up as brush marks on paper.” Liangshan then approved him.’ (Shinji Shobogenzo)
I say, “A child of three could have done that.”
Ahhh, yes. But a child of 3 years can act very wise.She just doesn’t know what’s going on or what she is doing. Right?
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