Mumon, The Gateless Gate — 11. Joshu Examines a Monk in Meditation (1934)
“ Why is it Joshu did not admit the first and approved the second one? Where is the fault? Whoever answers this knows that Joshu's tongue has no bone so he can use it freely. Yet perhaps Joshu is wrong. Or, through that monk, he may have discovered his mistake. If anyone thinks that the one's insight exceeds the other's, he has no eyes. The light of the eyes is as a comet, And Zen's activity is as lightning. The sword that kills the man Is the sword that saves the man. ”
