As Mazu Daoyi and
Baizhang Huaihai were walking together, a flock of geese flew overhead.
“What are they?”
asked Mazu.
“Wild geese,”
Baizhang told him.
“Where are they
going?”
“They’ve already
flown away.”
Mazu grabbed
Baizhang’s nose and twisted it sharply.
“How could they
ever have flown away?” he demanded.
At that moment,
Baizhang’s mind was opened.
[Mazu Daoyi – Zen
Masters of China: 84-91, 103, 146, 148, 169, 170; The Story of Zen: 145-47]
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