David Given Schwarm

A monk asked Unmon, “What is meant by the pronouncement ‘to go beyond the Buddha andthe patriarchs’?” Unmon said, “Poor rice cake.”

A monk asked Kyôzan, “Your Reverence, do you know letters or not?” Kyôzan said,”According to my capacity.” The monk immediately turned around once clockwise and said, “What letter is this?” Kyôzan drew the ideograph for “10” [ + ] in the earth. The monk turned himself around once counter-clockwise and said, “What letter is that?”…