dialogue
Yunmen's One-Word Barriers
Record of Yunmen
Text
A monk asked, "What is the teaching of the Buddha's whole lifetime?" Yunmen said, "An appropriate statement." A monk asked, "What is it when the tree withers and the leaves fall?" Yunmen said, "Body exposed in the golden wind." A monk asked, "What is the one road of Yunmen?" Yunmen said, "Personal experience!" A monk asked, "What is the sword that kills and the sword that gives life?" Yunmen raised his staff. A monk asked, "What is the Dharma body?" Yunmen said, "A garden of flowers with a thousand kinds of beauty."
Attribution
By Yunmen Wenyan
From Record of Yunmen
Sources
Record of Yunmen: Yunmen's One-Word Barriers