景德傳燈錄 8.4

8.4

Chan Master Guangcheng of Datong in Lizhou. A monk asked, "What is the cessation of the six sense faculties?" The Master said, "Spinning a sword and tossing it into the air (in an older edition, 'into the clouds') causes no harm to anything." He asked, "What is the original person?" The Master said, "Sitting together, not knowing each other." The monk said, "In that case, the student makes prostrations and takes his leave." The Master said, "Secretly writing down one's sorrowful thoughts, to whom would one send them?"