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Stories of Wisdom - March 2008

Laughter That Unites Heaven and Earth

March 28th 2008 07:12
One evening, Zen master Yaoshan Weiyan of the Tang Dynasty walked up to the mountain. Suddenly, the clouds and mist lifted, revealing the bright moon. Yaoshan burst into laughter.
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"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!", his laughter was so loud that it could be heard at the village below.


The next morning, one of the villager exclaimed to a passerby monk, "Last night, i suddenly heard loud laughter. I wonder where did it came from?" The monk replied, "That was the sound of our master laughing on the mountain last night."

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In whatever situation, as long as there is no "me", you are not separate from the thing. Yaoshan's laughter, in which the self was absent, became one with heaven and earth.


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