What does Guan Yin do with so many hands and eyes?

Yunyan asked Daowu, “What does the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion do with so many hands and eyes?”

Daowu said, “It’s like someone reaching back for the pillow at night.”

Yunyan said, “I understand.”

Daowu said, “How do you understand.”

Yunyan said, “All over the body is hands and eyes.”

Daowu said, “You said a lot there, but you got only eighty percent.”

Yunyan said, “What about you, elder brother?”

Daowu said, “Throughout the body is hands and eyes.”

– Blue Cliff Record


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