:) Once, when Chief Minister Ts’ui entered the temple, he saw a sparrow evacuate on the head of a Buddha (statue). He asked, “Does a sparrow have the Buddha-nature?” The Master (Ju Hui) answered, “Yes, it has.” Minister Ts’ui asked, “Then why does it make droppings on the head of the Buddha?” The Master replied, “Why does it not do it upon the head of a sparrow-hawk?” The Transmission Of The Lamp, Sohaku Ogata
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 03:34:21 +0000