The Encounter with Linji

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When Luopu was studying with Linji, he asked, "What is the fundamental teaching of Buddhism?" Linji raised his fist. Luopu approached and Linji struck him. Luopu stood still. Linji said, "You can stand there all day—you still haven't answered." Luopu then went to study with Yangshan. Yangshan asked, "Where have you come from?" Luopu said, "From Linji." Yangshan said, "What did Linji teach?" Luopu raised his fist. Yangshan said, "Is this Linji's fist or your own?" Luopu said, "Both." Yangshan said, "Linji should be informed that there is such a fellow in his family."

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Attribution

• Speaker
  Luopu Yuanan
• Respondent
  Linji Yixuan

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Luopu Yuanan

• End-of-Summer Addressdialogue

From Jingde Chuandenglu

• On Gradual Cultivation
• Watch the Mind
• On Sudden Enlightenment
• The Debate at Huatai
• Before Thinking Arises
• The One Who Has No Rank
• The Arrow on High
• Meeting the Poet Li Ji
• Just This Is It
• Cold Ashes, Dead Tree

Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Jingde Chuandenglu, Vol. 16, Luopu Yuanan chapter

  Jingde Chuandenglu: The Encounter with Linji