Pangyun was first a student of
Mazu and then later of Shitou. He never became a monk, was married, and had a
daughter. He became known as Layman Pang.
One day Shitou came upon him as
he was at work on the temple grounds. The master asked him how he had been filling
his time. Pang replied in verse: "Nothing to
choose, nothing to discard. / I exercise
occult and subtle power. / How miraculous!
How wondrous! / Hauling water
and carrying wood!"
[Pangyun – Zen Masters of China: 90, 100-02]
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