Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

nobody speak the truth?" Song Shan said, "Simply
because everyone may share it, so no body can speak
it." The upasaka questioned, "Why can you speak like
this?"
Song Shan said, "It cannot be without speaking," and
not waiting for the other man, drank his tea by himself.
Pang said, "You drink by yourself, why do you not bless
us?"
Song Shan: "No need again."
Another monk, Dan Xia, heard of this story and
exclaimed, "A person other than Song Shan might have
been bothered by the upasaka."
When the upasaka heard this, he is reported to have said:
"Why did he not recognize it before I lifted up the cup?"
Everyone in the West who takes tea can act in this way,
but do they? They may be able to speak like this, but is
it based on experience or is it just playing with words?
Now we present a story on walking.
Three monks, Nan Quan, Ma Gu, and Gui Zong met and
wished to go together to worship the National Teacher,
Nan Yang. They set out on their journey, walking, of
course. In the dust of the road in front of them, Nan
Quan drew a circle and said, "If you can speak out about
this, then we can go on together." Then the monk Gui
Zong sat down in the circle while Ma Gu just
worshipped him in the manner of a woman, and as
though Bodhidharma himself were there. Nan Quan said,
"If thus, we need not go."
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