Summary: Talk given by Ted O'Toole. When Kuei-shan was with Pai-chang's assembly, he was cook of the monastery. Pai-chang wanted to choose a founding teacher for Mount Ta-kuei. He invited all his monks to make a presentation, saying, "The outstanding one will will be sent." Then he took a water bottle and set it on the floor, and said, "Don't call this a water bottle. What would you call it?" The head monk said, "It can't be called a wooden clog." Pai-chang then asked Kuei-shan his opinion. Kuei-shan kicked over the water bottle and walked out. Pai-chang laughed and said, "The head monk loses." Kuei-shan thereupon was made the founding teacher at Mount Ta-kuei.
