Heshan Wuyin
Jap., Kasan Buin
Rice Mountain Without Richness
| born: 891 died: 960 69 years place: China |
| Chan masters: Jiufeng Daoqian (J. Kyuho), Xuefeng (J., Seppo) Chan disciples: 4 recorded as masters |
| stories: Blue Cliff Record: Case 44 (Beating the Drum) Osho Live Zen, ch. 14 Dang Dang Doko Dang, ch. 9 |
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| Kasan said, “Learning by study is called hearing; learning no more is called nearness; transcending these two is true passing.” A monk asked, “What is true passing?” Kasan said, “Beating the drum.” The monk asked again, “What is the true teaching of the Buddha?” Kasan said, “Beating the drum.” The monk asked once more, “I would not ask you about 'this very mind is the Buddha', but what is 'no mind, no Buddha?'” Kasan said, “Beating the drum.” The monk still continued to ask: “When an enlightened one comes, how do you treat him?” Kasan said, “Beating the drum.” Setcho put it like this:
Use the spiritual power of a thousand-ton bow. Zokotsu Roshi rolled out three wooden balls; How could they surpass Kasan’s “Beating the Drum”? I will tell you, what is sweet is sweet, What is bitter, bitter. This anecdote about Kasan’s beating the drum looks so simple from the outside, but from the inside it has tremendous meaning and is multidimensional. The first…. You have to understand what a drum is. A drum is emptiness enclosed. There is nothing inside the drum. That is our actual state. We are just an outside cover, inside is emptiness. And just as the drum can speak out of emptiness, you are doing everything out of emptiness. This is one dimension of the meaning of Kasan’s beating the drum... --Osho Live Zen, ch. 14 |