Before one of the night interviews, she took off her robes and came in without anything at all.
She lay down before the teacher, who picked up the iron nyo-i [ceremonial stick] and thrust
it out towards her thighs, saying:
-What trick is this?
The nun said:
-I present the gate by which all the Buddhas of the three realms come into this world.
The teacher said:
-Unless the Buddhas of the three realms go in, they cannot come out. Let the gate be entered
here and now.
And he sat astride the nun.
She demanded:
-He who should enter, what Buddha is that?
The teacher said:
-What is to be from the beginning has no "should" about it.
The nun said:
-He who does not give his name is a barbarian brigand, who is not allowed to enter.
The teacher said:
-Maitreya Buddha, who was to be born to save people after the death of Shakyamuni Buddha,
enters the gate.
The nun made as if to speak and the teacher quickly cover her mouth. He pressed the iron stick
between her thighs, saying:
-Maitreya Buddha enters the gate. Give birth this instant.
The nun hesitated, and the teacher said:
-This is not true womb; how could this give birth to Maitreya?
The nun went out, and at the interview the next morning, the teacher said:
-Have you given birth to Maitreya?
The nun cried out with great force:
-He was born quietly last night.
She caught hold of the teacher and put her hands round the top of his head, saying:
-I invite the Buddha to take the top of this head as the Lion Throne. Let him graciously preach a sermon from it.
The teacher said:
-The way is one alone, not two, not three.
The nun said:
-In their abilities, the beings differ in ten thousand ways. How should you stick them to one way.
The teacher said:
-One general at the head of ten thousand men enters the capital.

Edited by Trevor Leggett

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