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syn = Reader of the | syn = Reader of the sutra: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | ||
:The sutra | |||
::Shih-kung was a hunter before he was ordained as a Zen monk under Ma Tzu. He strongly disliked Buddhist monks, who were against his profession. | |||
::One day, while chasing a deer, he passed by the cottage where Ma Tzu resided. Ma Tzu came out and greeted him. | |||
::Shih-kung asked, "Did you see some deer pass by your door?" | |||
::"Who are you?" asked the master. | |||
::"I am a hunter." | |||
::"How many can you shoot down with your arrow?" | |||
::"One with one arrow." | |||
::"Then you are no hunter," declared Ma Tzu. | |||
::"How many can you shoot with one arrow?" asked the hunter in his turn. | |||
::"The entire flock, with one arrow." | |||
::"They are living creatures, why should you destroy the whole flock at one shooting?" | |||
::"If you know that much, why don't you shoot yourself?" | |||
::"As to shooting myself, I do not know how to proceed." | |||
::"This fellow," exclaimed Ma Tzu, all of a sudden, "has put a stop today to all his past ignorance and evil passions!" | |||
::Thereupon, Shih-kung the hunter broke his bow and arrows and became Ma Tzu's pupil. | |||
::When he became a Zen master himself, he had a bow with an arrow ready to shoot, with which his monks were threatened when they approached him with a question. San-ping was once so treated. | |||
::Shih-kung exclaimed, "Look out for the arrow!" | |||
::Ping opened his chest and said, "This is the arrow that kills; where is the one that resuscitates?" | |||
::Kung struck three times on the bowstring. Ping bowed. | |||
::Kung said, "I have been using one bow and two arrows for the past thirty years, and today I have succeeded in shooting down only half of a wise man." | |||
::Shih-kung broke his bow and arrows once more, and never used them again. | |||
:([[Glossary#source_of_quotes_in_the_synopsis|source:''CD-ROM'']]) | |||
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prevevent = The Golden Wind ~ 04 | | prevevent = The Golden Wind ~ 04 | | ||
nextevent = The Golden Wind ~ 05 | | nextevent = The Golden Wind ~ 05 | |
Revision as of 11:33, 24 May 2019
event type | discourse |
date & time | 5 Jul 1980 am |
location | Buddha Hall, Pune |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 51min. Quality: good. |
online audio | |
video | Not available |
online video | |
see also |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | SPCIAL05 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutra: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- Shih-kung was a hunter before he was ordained as a Zen monk under Ma Tzu. He strongly disliked Buddhist monks, who were against his profession.
- One day, while chasing a deer, he passed by the cottage where Ma Tzu resided. Ma Tzu came out and greeted him.
- Shih-kung asked, "Did you see some deer pass by your door?"
- "Who are you?" asked the master.
- "I am a hunter."
- "How many can you shoot down with your arrow?"
- "One with one arrow."
- "Then you are no hunter," declared Ma Tzu.
- "How many can you shoot with one arrow?" asked the hunter in his turn.
- "The entire flock, with one arrow."
- "They are living creatures, why should you destroy the whole flock at one shooting?"
- "If you know that much, why don't you shoot yourself?"
- "As to shooting myself, I do not know how to proceed."
- "This fellow," exclaimed Ma Tzu, all of a sudden, "has put a stop today to all his past ignorance and evil passions!"
- Thereupon, Shih-kung the hunter broke his bow and arrows and became Ma Tzu's pupil.
- When he became a Zen master himself, he had a bow with an arrow ready to shoot, with which his monks were threatened when they approached him with a question. San-ping was once so treated.
- Shih-kung exclaimed, "Look out for the arrow!"
- Ping opened his chest and said, "This is the arrow that kills; where is the one that resuscitates?"
- Kung struck three times on the bowstring. Ping bowed.
- Kung said, "I have been using one bow and two arrows for the past thirty years, and today I have succeeded in shooting down only half of a wise man."
- Shih-kung broke his bow and arrows once more, and never used them again.
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