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Today I will discuss the One True Person without Rank. This True Person is spoken of early on the Record of Linji:
The Master took the high seat in the hall. He said, “On your lump of red flesh is One True Person without Rank who is always going in and out of the face of every one of you. Those of you who have not yet realized this, look, look!”
Then a monk came forward and asked, “What about the One True Person without Rank?”
The Master got down from his seat, seized the monk, and cried, “Speak, speak!” The monk faltered.
Shoving him away, the Master said, “Your One True Person without Rank — what kind of dried turd is he!” Then he returned to his quarters. (p. 3)
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Ives, C., Gishin, T. (2000). The One True Person without Rank. In: Ives, C., Gishin, T. (eds) Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230554627_6
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