36. Meeting a Zen Master on the Road

Goso said: “When you meet a Zen master on the road you cannot talk to him, you cannot face him with silence. What are you going to do?”




Mumon’s comment: In such a case, if you can answer him intimately, your realization will be beautiful, but if you cannot, you should look about without seeing anything.
 

Meeting a Zen master on the road,Face him neither with words nor silence.Give him an uppercutAnd you will be called one who understands Zen



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