The Zen case-solving of wild fox Zen

Master Baizhang attends classes every day. There is often an old man who listens to the law and follows the crowd. One day, I stood still. Teacher Nai asked, "Who is the founder?" The old man said, "Five hundred years ago, I lived in this mountain. Some scholars ask: Is it causal to overhaul pedestrians? I said there was no cause and effect. I finally became a wild fox. Please ask the monk to give a message today. "

Shi Yun: "You Dan asked."

The old man asked, "Is it still causal to overhaul pedestrians?" Shi Yun: "I don't know the cause and effect."

The old man realized it with words. When saying goodbye, Shi Yun said, "I have avoided taking off the wild fox. Live behind the mountain. Ask the teacher to burn it according to the ceremony of the dead monk. "

The next day, Master Baizhang sent monks to the back hill to look for the dead monk. Everyone is confused. The teacher led them to find a dead big black fox on the big stone behind the mountain. After fasting, they were cremated according to the ceremony of dying monks. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Zen was very popular. Baizhang Zen master opened a church in Baizhang Mountain, Jiangxi Province, saying that there were no fewer than a thousand people listening to monks. There was an old man with white hair in the audience who came every day and finally left. For a long time, it attracted the attention of Zen master Baizhang. One day, when Baizhang finished speaking, everyone dispersed and the old man had not left.

Zen master Baizhang came to him specially and asked him, "Why can't you bear to leave every time?" Is there anything wrong? " When the old man heard this, he said, "I have an important question." Ask the teacher to let me go. " Baizhang said, "You ask". The old man said, "Before I was born 500 years ago, I was also a Buddhist mage. I used to live on this mountain when I was in Buddhism, because a wandering monk asked,' Will people who practice a lot still fall into cause and effect? I replied:' There is no cause and effect. Because of the wrong answer, he was punished as a fox and reincarnated for 500 years. Cann't be free Excuse me, master, where did I go wrong?

After hearing this, Zen master Baizhang said, "Ask me again!" The old man repeated the original words and asked Master Baizhang. Baizhang answered loudly and seriously: "I don't know the cause and effect." Hearing this, the old man knelt down happily and thanked him, "I am free." Tomorrow, please be merciful and go to Houdong to cremate the body of this wild fox for me. Please bury me according to the monk's etiquette. "Baizhang really found the body of the wild fox in the back hole and was cremated according to the ceremony.