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CASE 5.
KYOGEN'S MAN HANGING IN THE TREE
Kyogen said, "It (Zen) is like a man (monk) hanging by his
teeth in a tree over a precipice. His hands grasp no branch, his
feet rest on no limb, and under the tree another man asks him,
'Why did Bodhidharma come to China from the West (India)?' If
the man in the tree does not answer, he misses the question, and
if he answers, he falls and loses his life. Now what shall he do?"
Mumon's Comment:
(In such a predicament) though your eloquence flows like a
river, it is all to no avail. Even if you can explain all of the
Buddhist sutras, that also is useless. If you can rightly answer the
question, you walk the road of killing the living and reviving the
dead. But if you cannot answer, you should wait for ages and
ask Maitreya, the future Buddha.
Kyogen had really bad taste,
And spreads the poison everywhere,
He stuffs with it the monks' mouths,
And lets their tears stream from their dead eyes.



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