A monk asked Master Qianfeng, “‘The Blessed Ones of the ten directions have one road of nirvana.’ Where is the road?” Qianfeng raised his staff, drew a line, and said, “Here.”
Subsequently the monk asked Master Yunmen for further instruction. Yunmen held up a fan and said, “This fan leaps up to the thirty-third heaven and bumps into the nose of the chief of the celestial rulers; the carp of the eastern sea are given a blow, and it rains buckets.”
You’ve already arrived before you take a step: It’s already explained before a word is said. Even if you keep on top of the situation with every move, Still you should know there’s an opening higher beyond. — Wumen, No Barrier
