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資福如寶 Zifu Rubao (n.d.)
(Rōmaji:) Shifuku Nyohō

Zifu Rubao
by Andy Ferguson
In: Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings, Wisdom Publications, 2011, pp. 276-278.

ZIFU RUBAO (n.d.) was a disciple of Xita Guangmu in the Guiyang lineage. Zifu taught at Zifu Temple in Jizhou. Little is recorded about Zifu’s background.

A monk asked, “What is the phrase that is in accordance with the great function?”

Zifu was silent.

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A monk asked, “What is the essential mystery?”

Zifu said, “Close the door for me.”

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A monk asked, “Luzu faced the wall. What was the meaning?”

Zifu said, “He never got involved.”

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A monk asked, “What is the true transcendent eye?”

Zifu beat his chest and said, “Blue heavens! Blue heavens!”

The monk asked, “What problem is there with my question?”

Zifu said, “Misery.”

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A monk asked, “What is the ultimate condition of a patch-robed monk?”

Zifu said, “Don’t go beyond this.”

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A monk asked, “Please, Master, speak of what is before a monk’s question.”

Zifu exclaimed, “Ai!”

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A monk asked, “What is the upright receipt of a single mote of dust?”

Zifu appeared to enter a deep samadhi.

The monk asked, “What is the arising samadhi of all dust?”

Zifu said, “Of whom are you asking this question?”

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A monk asked, “What is the style of the master’s house?”

Zifu said, “After the rice, three cups of tea.”

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One day, Zifu held up a meditation cushion and said, “All buddhas, bodhisattvas, and saints who have attained the Way come forth from this.”

Then Zifu threw it down, opened his robe at his chest and said, “What do you say?”

The monks were speechless.

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A monk asked, “Since I’ve arrived here, the summer practice period has nearly passed and I haven’t received instruction from you. I want you to support my efforts.”

Zifu gave the monk a push and said, “Since I became abbot here, I’ve never blinded a monk’s eye!”

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Once, the master sat for a long time in silence, then he looked back and forth at the monks and said, “Understand?”

The monks answered, “We don’t understand.”

Zifu said, “If you don’t understand then I’ve deceived you.”

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One day Zifu placed a meditation cushion on his head and said, “When you are like this, then it’s difficult for us to speak to each other.”

The monks were silent.

Zifu then sat on the cushion and said, “This is better.”

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