The Blown Hair Sword

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A monk asked Baling, "What is the blown hair sword?" Baling said, "Each branch of coral holds up the moon."

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Speaker
  Baling Haojian

Lineage: Yunmen

By Baling Haojian

• A Silver Bowl Filled with Snowdialogue

From Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues

• My Mind Is Not at Peace
• Thinking of Not-Thinking
• Not Knowing Is Most Intimate
• The Boat Monk's Transmission
• The Sound of Bamboo
• Vast Emptiness, Nothing Holy
• Ordinary Mind Is the Way
• Nanquan Kills the Cat
• Wash Your Bowl
• The Oak Tree in the Garden

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Blue Cliff Record, Case 100

  Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues: The Blown Hair Sword