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When Linji returned in the middle of the summer retreat and found Huangbo reading a sutra, he said, “I always thought of you as a great teacher of the truth that is independent of words and letters and transmitted apart from the scriptural teachings. But now I see you’re just a black-bean nibbler in monk’s attire!” With these words, Linji displayed his extraordinary Zen insight to Huangbo.
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Ives, C., Gishin, T. (2000). Leaving after the Summer Retreat. In: Ives, C., Gishin, T. (eds) Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230554627_5
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