All Sounds Are Buddha-Sound

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A monk asked Touzi, "All sounds are the sounds of Buddha—right or wrong?" Touzi said, "Right." The monk said, "Teacher, does your ass not make wind?" Touzi struck him. Another monk asked, "What is the Buddha?" Touzi said, "Buddha." The monk said, "What is the Dharma?" Touzi said, "Dharma." The monk said, "What is the Sangha?" Touzi said, "Sangha." Xuedou commented: "Three answers, three arrows. But Touzi, where are you hiding?"

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Speaker
  Touzi Datong

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Touzi Datong

• All Three Bodies of Buddhadialogue

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 Three Bodies of Buddha
• End-of-Summer Address
• Daguang's Laughing
• The Sound of Raindrops

Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Blue Cliff Record, Case 79; Jingde Chuandenglu, Touzi Datong chapter

  Blue Cliff Record: All Sounds Are Buddha-Sound