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Yunmen's Golden-haired Lion (BCR39)

KOAN:

A student asked Yunmen, “What is the pure and everlasting body of reality?”
Yunmen said, “A fence of flowers and healing herbs.”
The student asked, “What’s it like when I reach there?”
Yunmen said, “Golden-haired lion!”

—Blue Cliff Record, Case 39

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