One day Yao-shan Wei-yen (750-834), one of the well-known Chinese Ch'an master, was asked by the host of the monastery to give his sermon to the assembly who for a long while was expecting his teaching. Yao-shan said: "Strike the bell."
Posted on Oct.17.2012 @ 07:23PM EDTbyLeonBasin
It is a great book! Half of the book is about his experience/life and the other half is Zen Buddhist practice.