禅Yunmen Wenyan

dialogue

Body Exposed in the Golden Wind

Blue Cliff Record

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Encounter dialogue · Mondō

Yunmen Wenyan

A monk asked Yunmen

“When the tree withers and the leaves fall, what then?”

Yunmen said

“Body exposed in the golden wind.”

Attribution

Lineage: Yunmen

By Yunmen Wenyan

From Blue Cliff Record

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