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Linji went and questioned Huangbo three times, only to be struck three times. Unable to awaken through Huangbo’s blows, Linji went to Dayu as instructed. It was there that he suddenly changed and awakened to the Linji who is the True Person of Zen.
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Ives, C., Gishin, T. (2000). After Realizing the Great Block of Awakening. In: Ives, C., Gishin, T. (eds) Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230554627_4
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