{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/glg/glg40.htm","path":"bud/glg/glg40.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/glg/glg40.htm","text":"The Gateless Gate, by Ekai, called Mu-mon, tr. Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps [1934]\nHyakujo wished to send a monk to open a new monastery. He told his pupils that whoever answered a question most ably would be appointed. Placing a water vase on the ground, he asked: \"Who can say what this is without calling its name?\"\nThe chief monk said: \"No one can call it a wooden shoe.\"\nIsan, the cooking monk, tipped over the vase with his foot and went out.\nHyakujo smiled and said: \"The chief monk loses.\" And Isan became the master of the new monastery.\nMumon's comment: Isan was brave enough, but he could not escape Hyakujo's trick. After all, he gave up a light job and took a heavy one. Why, can't you see, he took off his comfortable hat and placed himself in iron stocks.","title":"The Gateless Gate: 40. Tipping Over a Water Vase","type":"page"}