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Say Something without Moving Your Lips (MK30b)

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KOAN:

Say something without moving your lips or tongue.

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 30b

From Songyuan Chongyue’s Three Turning Words:

a. Why can’t the person of great strength lift up her leg?
b. Say something without moving your lips or tongue.
c. Why can’t a clear-eyed person cut the red thread?