Cuiyan's Eyebrows

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At the end of the summer retreat, Cuiyan said to the assembly: "All summer I have been talking for your benefit. Look—are Cuiyan's eyebrows still there?" Baofu said to Changqing, "The one who steals feels his heart beat fast." Changqing said, "They are growing." Yunmen said, "The barrier!" Later Baofu said: "People ask whether the eyebrows grew or fell out. The real question is: who is looking?"

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Speaker
  Baofu Congzhan

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Baofu Congzhan

• The Great Way Is Before Your Eyesdialogue

From Blue Cliff Record

• Tianhuang's Bowl Washing
• The Rhinoceros Fan
• Don't Think
• The Condolence Visit
• The Seamless Tower
• Alive or Dead in Sitting
• All Sounds Are Buddha-Sound
• All Three Bodies of Buddha
• End-of-Summer Address
• Daguang's Laughing

Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Blue Cliff Record, Case 8; Jingde Chuandenglu, Baofu Congzhan chapter

  Blue Cliff Record: Cuiyan's Eyebrows