dialogue
Difficult, Easy, Neither
Sayings of Layman Pang
Encounter dialogue · Mondō
Pang YunLayman Pang said
“Difficult, difficult, difficult—like trying to scatter ten measures of sesame seed all over a tree.”
His wife said
“Easy, easy, easy—just like touching your feet to the ground when you get out of bed.”
Their daughter Lingchao said
“Neither difficult nor easy—on the tips of a hundred grass blades, the meaning of the Patriarch.”
Attribution
By Pang Yun
From Sayings of Layman Pang
Sources
Sayings of Layman Pang: Difficult, Easy, Neither