Sun Face Buddha (BCR3)
KOAN:
Ancestor Ma was sick. The superintendent of the monastery asked him, “How are you feeling these days?”
The Ancestor said, “Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha.”
—The Blue Cliff Record, Case 3
We and everything we perceive are interwoven and not interwoven, and this interweaving continues on and on, while each thing stands in its own place.
—Shitou Xiqian
KOAN:
Ancestor Ma was sick. The superintendent of the monastery asked him, “How are you feeling these days?”
The Ancestor said, “Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha.”
—The Blue Cliff Record, Case 3