Daikaku got here for an interview with Rinzai. Rinzai lifted up his fly whisk. Daikaku unfold out his prostration mat. Rinzai then threw down his fly whisk and Daikaku took up his prostration mat and entered the monks’ corridor. The monks gossiped, “Certainly this monk will not be a brand new comer however a detailed pal of Rinzai; he approached him with out bowing, and but didn’t obtain the stick!” Upon listening to this, Rinzai despatched for Daikaku and stated, “The monks say that you just haven’t greeted me politely but.” Daikaku commented, “How are you?” and easily rejoined the monks.
Commentary:
Rinzai examined Daikaku by lifting up his fly whisk; he requested Daikaku if he may recognise the true-Self while revealing the true-Self by his motion. Daikaku misplaced no time in responding correctly in keeping with the circumstances by spreading out his prostration mat and revealed the true-Self along with his motion. Rinzai examined him as soon as extra by throwing down his fly whisk, and Daikaku didn’t hesitate to answer by taking over his prostration mat and coming into the monks’ corridor. They made stunning concord.
The rationale why the monks gossiped, “Certainly this monk will not be a brand new comer however a detailed pal of Rinzai; he approached him with out bowing, and but didn’t obtain the stick!” was that they had been deluded by the illusions of the phrases and behavior that Rinzai and Daikaku carried out with out discerning what they confirmed to one another. Conscious of this, Rinzai despatched for Daikaku and revealed the true-Self another time for the monks by saying, “The monks say that you just haven’t greeted me politely but.” Daikaku, sensing Rinzai’s intention, correctly responded by revealing the true-Self via saying, “How are you?”
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