Longya Visits Two Masters

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Longya asked Cuiwei, "What is the meaning of the patriarch's coming from the West?" Cuiwei said, "Pass me that meditation cushion." As Longya handed it over, Cuiwei took it and hit him with it. Longya said, "You may hit me as you wish. In the end, there is no meaning of the patriarch's coming from the West." Later Longya asked Linji the same question. Linji said, "Pass me that meditation cushion." As Longya handed it over, Linji took it and hit him. Longya said, "You may hit me as you wish. In the end, there is no meaning of the patriarch's coming from the West." Linji said, "That is so."

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Attribution

• Speaker
  Longya Judun

Lineage: Yunmen

By Longya Judun

• Tending the Firesaying

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, Longya Judun chapter

  Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues: Longya Visits Two Masters