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The Gateless Gate, Case 26: Two Monks Roll Up the Screen 禅宗无门关26. 二僧卷帘

Wumen Huikai | 2018-06-23 | Download | AI assisted translation

清凉大法眼，因僧斋前上参，眼以手指帘。 When monks came to receive instruction before the monastic meal, the Great Dharma Eye of Qingliang pointed to the curtain with his hand.
时有二僧，同去卷帘。 At that time, two monks went together to roll up the curtain.
眼曰：“一得一失。” The Great Dharma Eye said, “One gains; one loses.”
【无门曰】 [Wumen said:]
且道是谁得谁失，若向者里著得一只眼，便知清凉国师败阙处。然虽如是，切忌向得失里商量。 Tell me, who gained and who lost? If you can open an eye here, you will know where National Teacher Qingliang failed. Even so, take care not to reason within gain and loss.
【颂曰】 [Verse:]
卷起明明彻太空，太空犹未合吾宗。争似从空都放下，绵绵密密不通风。 Rolled up, it clearly opens onto the vast sky; yet the vast sky still does not accord with our school. How could it compare with letting go of even emptiness altogether—continuous and seamless, allowing no wind through?
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