Luopu About To Die (BS41)

KOAN:

When Luopu was about to die, he said to the gathering, “Today, I have something to ask you. If you think, ‘This is it,’ then it is like putting a head on top of your own head. If you think, ‘This isn’t it,’ then you’re looking for life by cutting off your head.”
Then the head of the temple said, “The green mountain moves its feet—you don’t need a lamp in broad daylight.”
Luopu said, “Is this the time to be making speeches?”
Another senior student, Yankong, stepped out and said, “Let’s leave these two paths you’re talking about. This isn’t it, don’t ask about them.”
Luopu said, “You’re not quite there yet. Try again.”
And Yankong said, “I can’t say it completely.”
Luopu said, “I don’t care whether you say it’s complete or not.”
Yankong said, “I’m not someone who can answer you.”
And they left it there.

—Book of Serenity Case 41