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His students gathered in the hall to hear the great Fayan give a talk before the midday meal. He pointed to the bamboo blinds, and two students went and rolled them up in the same way. Fayan said, “One wins, one loses.”

Wumen’s Verse:

With the blinds rolled up, the vast sky is bright and clear,
but even the vast sky doesn’t match our Way.
Why don’t you throw away that sky completely?
Then not a breath of wind will come through.

The Gateless Gateway, Case 26

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