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The Essential Truth

By Staff

Zen Story, Essential Truth
Elder Ting in a ceremony of formal Zen questioning asked Linji, a tough teacher, "What is the essential truth?"

Linji immediately raised himself up from his seat and caught hold of the lapels of Ting's robe and hit him hard three to four times. Ting stood speechless in shock when a student said "Why don't you bow?"

Ting still in a daze started to do so when suddenly he understood the truth.

Story first published: Monday, June 22, 2009, 16:52 [IST]
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