One day, when Yun-Men was preaching to the monks, he asked them:
— Do you want to meet the ancient patriarchs?
Before anyone could respond, he pointed his stick over the heads of the monks, saying:
— The ancient patriarchs are jumping over your heads.
Then he asked:
— Do you want to see the eyes of the ancient patriarchs? “He pointed to the ground under the monks’ feet and continued. - They are all under your feet.
After a short pause, he said as if to himself:
“I made a feast in a Chinese temple, but these hungry gods will never be satisfied.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru