...a ZEN story...
In a Mustard Seed – A Zen Story
This Zen story from the Tang dynasty is about Li Bo who was a learned scholar. Find out what happens when he meets the Zen master Zizank and asks him a scholarly question.
During the Tang dynasty there was a man named Li Bo who loved to study.
Because he had read over 10,000 volumes, people called him “Li of 10,000 volumes.”
Once, he asked the monk Zizank,
“There is a passage in the Vimalakeerth Nirdesha Sutra which says, ‘Mount Sumeru can be inserted into a mustard seed.’ How could such a big mountain fit into a tiny mustard seed?’”
The master answered,
“You are called Li of 10,000 volumes. How could those 10,000 volumes fit into a tiny skull?”
This Zen story from the Tang dynasty is about Li Bo who was a learned scholar. Find out what happens when he meets the Zen master Zizank and asks him a scholarly question.
During the Tang dynasty there was a man named Li Bo who loved to study.
Because he had read over 10,000 volumes, people called him “Li of 10,000 volumes.”
Once, he asked the monk Zizank,
“There is a passage in the Vimalakeerth Nirdesha Sutra which says, ‘Mount Sumeru can be inserted into a mustard seed.’ How could such a big mountain fit into a tiny mustard seed?’”
The master answered,
“You are called Li of 10,000 volumes. How could those 10,000 volumes fit into a tiny skull?”
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