214. What Is One Thing?
Zen Master Yong Song once gave a Dharma speech, in which he said, "Everyone has one thing. This one thing swallowed heaven, earth, and everything. If you want to find it, it's already far away. If you put it down, it's always in front of you. Brighter than the sun and darker than black ink, it always abides under your palm. Have you found it?"
1. How did one thing swallow everything?
2. What is the meaning of "If you want to find it, it's already far away. If you put it down, it's always in front of you"?
3. What is the meaning of "Brighter than the sun and darker than black ink"?
4. Have you found it under your palm?
COMMENTARY: If the Six Patiarch were there, he would have hit Yong Song right in the face.