The monks asked master Pai-chang to give a sermon.
He replied that he would talk about Zen later, and that they
should get on with their farming. After work had finished
the master was requested to fulfill his promise, whereupon
he opened both his arms as if to embrace the whole
universe.
The monks required of the master an explanation of Zen.
The master, knowing full well that Spirit is Life and the constant
unfolding thereof, made a gesture that indicated all that the monks
had done that day, the request for a sermon, working in the fields,
as part of the infinite universe is Zen. This is the sermon that is
presented to each one of us, every day.
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