{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/glg/glg39.htm","path":"bud/glg/glg39.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/glg/glg39.htm","text":"The Gateless Gate, by Ekai, called Mu-mon, tr. Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps [1934]\nA Zen student told Ummon: \"Brilliancy of Buddha illuminates the whole universe.\"\nBefore he finished the phrase Ummon asked: \"You are reciting another's poem, are you not?\"\n\"Yes,\" answered the student.\n\"You are sidetracked,\" said Ummon.\nAfterwards another teacher, Shishin, asked his pupils: \"At what point did that student go off the track?\"\nMumon's comment: If anyone perceives Ummon's particular skillfulness, he will know at what point the student was off the track, and he will be a teacher of man and Devas. If not, he cannot even perceive himself.","title":"The Gateless Gate: 39. Ummon's Sidetrack","type":"page"}