景德傳燈錄 8.32

English (machine translation) 8.32

Language: English

8.32

Upādhyāya Dadi of Xinzhou: Having grasped the import from Jiangxi, he concealed his name. Whenever students put questions to him, he would only strike the ground with his staff to instruct them. At the time, people called him Upādhyāya Dadi ('Ground-Striking Master'). One day a monk hid his staff and then asked a question. The master merely opened his mouth. A monk asked his disciple, "Whenever anyone asks a question, the Master strikes the ground. What is the meaning?" The disciple immediately took a piece of firewood from under the hearth and threw it into the cauldron.

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景德傳燈錄 — Classical Chinese