Linji's True Person (MK38b)(BS38)
KOAN:
Linji said, “There is a true person with no rank, who is always coming and going through the portals of your face.”
– PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 38b (Record of Linji) & Book of Serenity, Case 38
The Buddha looked up and saw the morning star and awakened.
He cried out, “Now, at last, I see that all beings have the nature of the one who comes thus. Only their delusions and attachments keep them from realizing this."
KOAN:
Linji said, “There is a true person with no rank, who is always coming and going through the portals of your face.”
– PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 38b (Record of Linji) & Book of Serenity, Case 38