Iron Grinder Liu

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Liu Tiemo came to see Guishan. Guishan said, "So the old cow has come!" Liu Tiemo said, "Tomorrow there is a great feast on Mount Tai. Will the master be going?" Guishan lay down and stretched out. Liu Tiemo turned and walked out. A monk later asked Guishan about this exchange. Guishan said, "That old woman—she ground me right down."

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Speaker
  Liu Tiemo

Lineage: Yunmen

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

  Jingde Chuandeng Lu, Liu Tiemo chapter

  Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues: Iron Grinder Liu