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THE 1OOPERFECT KOANS OF MASTER KIDOWITH THE ANSWERS OF HAKUIN-ZEN
TRANSLATED, WITH A COMMENTARY.BY YOEL HOFFMANN
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THE 1OO KOANS OF MASTER KIDOWITH THE ANSWERS OF HAKUIN-ZENTRANSLATED, WITH A COMMENTARY
BY YOEL HOFFMANN
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T able oÍ Contents
Forewc-rrdPrefaceIn t roduc t i onl . "No War ' "l . Yesterdar, To. iavl . Never Said l V 'ord4. Preaching5. C lou. lÓ . Th i s l s I t7. lf That's thc Wa',' \'or-r Are3. Do Ntrt Bc L)cce ivccl9. A Crvsta l \/cssc l F i l l c . l wi th lce
10 . V ' ha t I s Th i s Ca l l ed lI 1. A Fcrr, He rr, ,r Fcri. Thcrcl r . Teucu l rl J . Nei ther Too Mrrc l ' r nor Tocr L i t r le1. l . A Pai r oí Brccchesl 5. N.tl orcar )v,íasters]l ( r . One, Two, Threc, For.r r , F ivc17. A L)or-rkev13. \( ' l . rerc L)o the Bor,ks Col19 . G i v c Mc Back M l .SceJ10. Not a S ingle Dropl i . CL r t rhc Hea . i O f f22. \ t 'hat ls So Hard about Ir l21 . l s Tha t A l l l2-1. Rcrr.rote Qr-rr,'srion, Close Rt'plr25 . Facc l e s s l]ó . V 'hat V 'a,vs Are Thcre]27. A )vÍcssager R D . " i . . t l ' l ^ . ' . - " f - . t
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Foret,;ord
Mos t p c op l . ' t c r t J t . r o s s o c i l r t t ' Z en k r r , r n : u i t h " . c , r r r t c a . ' h r nA s . "Th is exp la ins u 'hv a L .ook pub l i shcc l i r - r . l apan in 191T r - rnder rhe r i t l e
Qer rdr i i ' \ r ] i i l c r l Hr ' ö ro r t IA c r i t iquc o f p rcscnr . . l a1 ' pser . rc1o-Zcn] -wh icht l i sc losc . l the ansu 'e rs to rhe koans use . l in Zcn t ra in ing-caused sucha scnsat ion . No ' , r ' that more than t i f tv vcars have passer l s ince i t s
]apar . res r p l rb l i ca t ion , hou,cvcr . I rh ink i r i s r ime that t l i i s book b 'egir.e n the statr.rs i l f a Zen cl ltssic on thc or. le r t..,í the Hcl i igarrrr;krr IThcB lue C l iÍ t Recor r ] ] l rn . ] o ther texrs that l - r l r r .e cc l r - r t r ib t l te ( l so much tothe plr l . l ic 's r.r ncl crstal.r.] i n g t lí Zer.r.
The preser - r t vo l lu -nc cons i s rs pr in rar i i v o f an iu rnot r r te r l r rans la t ionof the K i t lo l r r rokr i [Th, - ' sav ings o t \{as tc r K i t lo ] . a t cx t hc l . l in veryh igh regar . l I .1 Zcn l ) r i r c t i t i ( )ners . Th is ur . rc i cn t Ch incse rnas terp i rce ,t r l [ t ' l h r . r u i f l r t l r . ' l . t t e r . 1 , r 1 ' , l l t , ' . ( ' r ( i l \ \ \ r ) \ ( ' \ 1 1 r i 1 . 1 1 r 1 1 s l i t t t t r ' s t l r e I i l r l t l
l l i ) r t \ \ l t l t . t j . ' l l , / , t t \ i l r l i ( ' t l H r . ' , , 1 r . '
I u ' i sh to . l ran thc . r r rc r - r r i t rn t r t rhe rcar le r to the fac t thatin Mlrsrer Kit ió 's col l) l l lL 'nts to these hr.rr lc lred koans. thcre lrre nclsecrets. Thrsc cor-nrlcnts \\ 'ere nratlc know'n to Zen novices anclt { t . t . t r t c c s r i g l t t l r . . n t t I r c h c g i I r n i I r g . I t h i n k r h . r t t I r e 1 l ) f Ü i l S t . l r ) s r ' l I Sone can poss ib l r , con le to u "pc1fcc1" ans\ \ ' c r to i l koan, anc l , in myvíe. ,v , the
. . secre t ' ' i l nswL ' rS la te r appcn. i cd b .y Hakr . r in ' s schoo l o f
Japanese Zen u'r. ' te, at besr, sr-rperf lr-ror-rs.The koans and i insu'ers presentecl h. 're shoul. l b,e absorbccl by each
person accorcl ing to his or hcr or', r-r natLrrc ancl shoulcl serve to. leepen ont' 's i . lppÍeci i l t iorr for Zcn. Dr. Hoff mirnn's excr' l lent tralrsla-t ion o f th i s seven-hunc l red- lear -o ld Ch inese c lass i c , anc l h i s percep,t i ve commentary . make i t access ib le to peop le f rom a l l u 'a lks oÍ l i feand th i s i s a source o f g rear sar i s fac r ion fo r me.
HIRANO SOJO
* Th. ' t i rst narr Jnfe.rrer l es Thc Sor inc l o/ rhe Onc HcurJ, t rans, Yoel Hoffmann(Ncu ' \ ' o r k : Bas i c Books . 1975 ) . -Y .H .
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Pref ace
. . \{ /hat ís Zcn] ' ' Hou ' rnan1 'Zen nr t rs tc rs har .e been i r sked th i s ques .
t ion . and ho, , r 'man\ ' , L .v uav o f an i tnswer . hare he l t l up a hook, an
upp l c . , , r s ( ) n r ( ' \ \ t h c r o l - j c c r u h i c h h i r p p cne . l r o l " c w i t h i n r c r r c h . r r n drc -sponr l c r l u ' i th : "What i s rh i s l "
Mtlst clí..rs r,r 'o, 'r l .] bc ternp1qd to anS\\'r-t sr 'rch l t]ttestioÍl b1.resort-i n g t o t ' t t r k nou . | . ' . l g c t . í I o ngu i r g . ' . 1 . h i l . ' t . ' 1 . h r ' , o r l . h r . s i c s . S u ch l nans\\ . ' c r , l rou 'evcr , i s to ra l l v i r re i cvar . r t . That th i s i s so can be provetJbv means o f a s i r r t f . l e e\pcr in l ! ' t l r : T rv l rnsscr ing thc ( lues t ion wh i l c
t ' h s e r r . i l t ! \ ( ) t t r \ t . I í i t r ; t m i r r r r r . t r r i I t r h e n r ( , s ( . l l \ . Ü o í . * . r y . n g o i l t . Y ( ) t lu ' i l l soon t i r . r J th l r s t rnrc th ing i s ner r r ight .
Trv ing ro cxp lu i r r n 'h t 'ant ' s ' . t ch ansucr nr i sscs thc l .o i r r r u . 'o r - r l r l l . c
l i ke oPerat ing t rn a pur ie r r t r ' , i th i r c l i r tv sca l l t c l , fo r r l . re so l r - r t ion to t f repr -o l . l tn ' i . l , . r cs l r r ' t t l i c rn th . ' - sc r r rch io r i ln an: \ ! 'e r . bLr t in t l re . i i s 'appeurance o f thc qucs t ion . V 'hat i s " \ \ 'h r r r i s l " l No nrore r l l an r .t rap . ( )n l r u 'he l r t l r i s i s r . rn , . l c r s toot i ean thc r l L l cs t ion poser l by t l - r cZtt l nrasttrs hc prope rlr ' i]ns\\ 'crÜJ.
T l r c Z c r r k t ) i ) o . r r r r i . l J I c . i . t u ] i r t l i t l i h r r i ) l ' s : i 1 s 1 r 1111 r 1 r s q i . ( , r r r l t i nthc minc l t r r r rvo ic l them. The koan i s r parar lox . l t cha l lenges or - r rordinar.) rati irrral in. 1r is t lc-sigrretl to hre ak t lou'n thrrsc evcrl 'r lay
mer . r ta l l - rab i t s r ih i ch . Zen Br - rc l t lh i s rn r .n r in t r r ins , l . l i n . l r r s f rom o l r rn i r tL r re . 81 ' the samc token, rhr ' koar r i s in tcndec] as a spr l r to
oL l r c rcar i \ , c i t l t r r i t i t ln . r r 'here in re ' s i t ] cs ouÍ l )o teÍ l t i i l l i o r l rw l rken i r lgf rom rhe misconccpt i t rns that cnsnare l r s in i r wor l c l o f log ic anc{in te l l ec r . i r r , in Zcn , a r . r ' r - r r ld o f su f tc r ing .
But do nor expect ro f ind abs t rac t ph i losop[ , , herc . The Ch inesemaste . rs who f i r s t c leve lopec l koan prac t i ce abhor red thc abs t rac t ions
t l ra r t ] i s ra r l c t . r . r s Írc rm the concrc te }]J r t i cu laÍs o t . i i fe . l t i s on lv here ,
now. in the "s r - rchness" c . l ' rh ings t l r . r r mern ingcr rn be sought . Hcnce ,r h c k o an J e . r ] . u ' i t h q r r i t c o r J i n . l Í \ c \ ' r ' f l t S . o t t c n i n a n c c r r l r 1 ' a r r J
l r r c \ .e rent ml lnneÍ.Althor. lgh ctlmposec] oí u'orc]s. thc koan cloes not work throtrqh
t l re med ium oí la r - rguagc a lone. l t s purposc i s ra ther the t ransmissíon
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t r f . . n l e i r n i t . t g s . ' t h i r r a re oí ren on i1 ' h i n ted a t k .1 ' l anguagc . T l r c koa r rexchangc is i r form of commnnicat ion that r- r t i l i :es langrragt ' to(on \cv the va l r - r c t r i s i l en r u r r . l c r . r i r r r . l i n { . rn un \ l r r ( ( i 1 l r . { i l r g t l r , l rt r l l n s cÚnds thc l i ngu i s t i ( . a s s t l l l ] p t i ons tha t roo o i t ( l l t t t i s . h l t l . c o t t rpercept ion oí rea l i t ,v .
In Íact , man} koans descr ib.e rr 'orc l less cncot lntcÍs beIr ' ' 'eenmasters. Sonre involvc occas i tn.r l ly harsh phys ica l contact bcru 'eenteacher and stut lent . This is part of the sevcre c l isc ip l ine rhe novice isrequire.J to unrJergo. Zen eJuc i r r ion requircs no íorn la l l . t rok Ic i r rn-ing. On the contrar l ' , i t u 'ou lc l be more apr l i descr ibcr l as anrrrr leurn i r tg. rhe srr ipp ing ar i av of crron! 'ous l rssumpt iorrs .
Ko i rn p rae r i c c i s s l o r i ' i l n \ l a r . l t l o L tS . L . l . on ( ' n t ( r i ng . l l l l L ]Í lAs r c r \ ' .thc nor ' ice is ca l led upoÍ1 t t] cotr form rt l the str icr r r . r l t ' s of Zen a l . rc l tome. l i rare forcefu l lv or) the koan evcrvr ' ,here ar . rd rr t a l l t im. 's . Yr 'arsmighr pass in concentrat ion on i r s ing le r ic lc l le . But rea l i :at ior) occLrrswirh a sur l r lenIress th i r r hc l ics t l rc puirrsr i lk ing títort th i l t l . rc . .e. lc . . l i t .Awakcnec l , one e xerc ises u har appears to be an "a l .sur , . l i s t" cor-nmonserlse rr'hilc roanling throtrgh il unir'erse oí c]iscor'rrse lrtrtl rclatirlt l-sh ips that is genr-r ine l l ' m1'st i t l ing ro rhc or-r ts idcr .
THE K11)(Xlo l i ( )Kt
Thc sayings of Master Kiclo corrsisr of onc frr.rnrlle.l ki.alrs sclccteclfrom r'aritlt ' ls older sor.rrces |.r rhe Chincsc mastcr Kitlcl ChiÍ]Lr (HsLi.t 'ang chih-yL i) , r i 'ho l iver l r lur ing the Srrr-rg L)r ' r ' rasry (9()0- l2T9).Kicler addeci his o,,r'rr conrlnenrs ro each of rhc koansl aftcr l 'r is clcaththe cotnments were con.rp i lec l hy the mastcr 's r l i sc ip les.
In Jr-rpar-r the onc l.rr.rntlrecl koarrs of Master Kic]ó arc a 1.' 'art of thckoatl teacl.ring reserr'cd for an a.{r'anced stirgc tlf tl.re 1rracrícc. Theya re c s l . ce i , r l l v v l l ue J l o r t h r i r c y ( l u i s i ( c . l l r r r t 1 , s i n i l t l i . ' i r 1 . ; rn . li lptness. K i.]ö 's comnle Í1tS arc rcgllrt1ccl by t-l-ratrr' knoll ' lt 't igcir[.l. ' Zcrlpractitioners ro be the enrL.o.Jinr.'nr of the "pertect iuts\\.'er. ln prac-t ice the master g i r 'es t l le Pupíl b.orh t l - re koarr and Kido 's conlment.The answer that the pupi l i s expecrcc l to prov ic le cons isrs of a sub-st i tute phrase an. .J "p la in say ing": these are much larer ad. l i r ions,composed by the Japanese Zen master Hakuin (1ó85_ 1768) or by h isd isc ip les. Hakr-r in or ig inated the koan-teaching s1 'srem in Japan, andit was he ancl his school who estal.l ishecl rhe sequence of koans to beused in the tra in ing and the "correcrness" of the answers to rhem.
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Very fe t 'o f thes t - . koans h , ' rvc evcr sL .en an Eng l i s l - r r ra r . r s la r ion .Mtlst of the koans i.rn. l al1 clÍ ivíaster Kido's comnlcnts lrar 'e. tttthe bes t o f m,v knorv lec lge , not cven been t rans la tcd in ro rnodern
, lapanese .The cc ln tentS o f th i s book are ex tÍemel \ ' sL lgges t i \ ' e ' i t i s r .e r l ' easv
to be r le luder1 in to be l iev ing rhat one has "un. le rs tooc l " the koan orl l l l s \ \ 'eÍ . The reat le r i s adr ' i sec] tL ) r rL l s t h i s o r her in t r - r i t ion . l r r s l l l s c ll l t]r is l lble not ro reac] too qulcklr oÍ tL)o rr lttch irt one rimc.
\ ' ' e r l . f r . . l r ' oí m\ .o\ \ 'Í l commcÍl ts a r t ' l . i r scc l so le l r .on m} } . 'e rsor r l r li n t r . r i t ron . Mcrs t c l i , , r . I l a t i har 'e r r ' rÍ t ten in the c t ln rn lc I l ra r \ ' l . ras L ,ecne i thcr suggestec] or a f t i rn lec] b l . Mastc r H i ra r ro So j ó ' r r 'ho \ \ .ent o\ 'e rrhe .Japancse e . l i t i . rn rv i rh nre anc l o f fe rec l inva l r . r r rhk hc lp inin terprc t ing the koans . The c t ' rmments I have ac jc led . lea l n ra in lv w i rhthe ph i los r )ph ic i r l background ar rc l the ps l cho log ica l re la r ionsL ' r r u een t h ( ' n c r s on s r r h o , r ppe l r r i r r t h e k o i r n i n . l u c s t i o r r . T l r c v a r cnr r th ing n l ( \ rc th i )n c i t r c tL t l l r ' . ' ho . . ' r ' r suggcqr ions ro a i . l thc r r r i . l e r -s tanc l i r - rg o f the tex t . I u 'ou l . l a l so l i ke to acknowle t lge myin t lebter lness to Mr . Ler . rng Har . r Yeong anc l M iss Caro l Ch in i rka fo rr l r c r r l r c l p i n p r c p r r r i n r ; r h i s t r n r r c l r r t i t r n .
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The K lc l r . ,gor lk r i i s thc t ina l p i r r t o f a cont rovers ia l took f i r s tpu l . l i shec l in . fapan in the car l r pur t o f th i s ccnr r . r r l ' . Ent i r l e . l ( ]unJa l
. \ i r l i :o r Hroror r lA c r i t i r l r . r c r r f p rcscnt -c la r ' psc r r r lo -Zen l , i t $as thcwork o f a renegur le Zen nronk ( r ' , I - rose t r r . re i t l en t i fv nr r r l ncvcr hckr ro ' , "n) r rho sc t o l l t ro rc fornr uhat hc iu r lg r . l to l -e rhc nrora l cor -r r t 1 . 1 i 1 r p , r n . l r r v r ' r , t l l 1 r i s i f i 1 , 1 1 i 1 r y 1 r r t i l r s t i ( r r f i r r n r r l i : . ' . 1 Z e n i n . l l , l r , 1 " .\ \ ' l . r l t t r c r - rb le . l h in r most \ \ 'as h i s l .e l i e f that nrant Zcn "nr i r s tc rs" o tl ' r i s t i r l re \ \ ' c re n]eÍc ch i l r l a t l r I r s sk i l l c . . ] l l r Zen techn iqL lC b l r t l l r . . k i r lg agenr r ine r . r r - r r ' l e rs tanr l ing o f Zcn te l ch ings . Bv rcvea l ing rhc i rnswcrs tothe kcl lrr ls r.rsct. l ír-r Z!.11 rraining. I lc Irt lpe.l tt: l untlcrcLtt rheir po.sit ic lI-rfo r a l l t imc .
A l rh t - .L rgh rhe marería l hc rc r .ea le t l ind ica tes thar I . re l - r l r . { cor r rp le tedthe who le co l l r sc o f t ra in ing tor the pos i t ion o f Zen masrer a t leas tonce ' anJ h i r J r tpcatcJ | . t r t i t r í thc coLr rsc t ln \ le r Se\ 'Cr i ' l l t c l r . .hc rs . rhcauthor c]eclared that his real masters \{'eÍe the Chínese Zen mirsters oíthe pas t , teachers such as R in:a i , Chuho, and Takusu i . He con-s ide ' red the Ch inese koans ro be the t rue Zen teach ine and fe l t thar
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the koan svs tcn) o f Hakr - r in -Zen c l id nor conve) thc essence o t
But l c lh i s r l . M(r rco lc r , he fc l t rh . r t i r u ' r s be ing mis r - rsed .l r i s thc cLrs tom in Zcr - r monastc r ies fo r nov ices to cornp i le the i r
o\\ '11 notes on varloLls koans an.l ans\\'ers. cxactly irs thev rrre tr iu-r-snl ittcc] ir l c lr l lrr. 'art (the prir 'ate meeríl1g berr 'r.ecn nor' icc ar-rc] master).
Once a ntrvice is c1r-raLif ied as a Zt.n master in his ou rr r ight, he sul.-mi ts h i s notes ro h i s n ' ras ter to be rev ieuec l . cor rec te . l , anc l approvec l .The pup i l then vou 's to keep the ncr tes { , r secre t i lnJ to r ransn. r i t themon ly to l - r i s owr- r d i sc ip les .
T l rc re fc l re . researc l re rs o f Z . .n genera l l r 'be líer ' cc l that therc cx i s tc t ]no wr i t te r r records o t th t . koans anc] the i r i l nsweÍs. TI . rc sí lence ma in-
taincd b1' ] apar-rese scfrolars arrr l sturlenrs acqr.raintcr-1 u' ith t l .rerenegacle monk's u't]Ík eftcctir.elr. rcnlc-rr 'ed it from r, ' ierr ' . Handi-cappc . i [ .y thc i r ignt r r r rncc r r f the "accepter l " answers to thc koat - t s .most stutlcnts clÍ Zer-r in japan irnd thc W'est could onl-v sl lecr.r late onthc rr leanir lg' trtc.o.] ' or LlSage ot ini1ir ' i .] lral koirns ít.r t lrt ' tranlcrvclrko f Zen prac t iae . As a resu l t , manv koan t rans la r ions , thor . rghl i r r g t r i s r i i . r i l r ' í c i r i i t - l . . . . h i t r t . l t r t n m i t . . ' . { t h c c . * c t t l i ' . r l 1 . t ' i n t . T h t r r r * h
many Western u'r iters on Zcn have provit icd poe t ic ir-rsigl-rt into rhemean ing o f sc ,me kr ,a r rs , the i r conrmcr . r t s inev i ta f , l v fa i l to c ( r rvc) ' therootcd a t r i r r rc les o f Zcr - r t rad i t ion .
Mv c1ec i s i c .n . t l re n ' t t l r r i l í l s l i l t c . r l - r . l l . L r t . l i sh th i s b t lok rvas l r | . t l r ' c a l lmot i r ,a te t l b1 ' r r f i rm . 'ep1 ' l s l i on thr r t i r u 'ou l . l i r r r roc iuce to rhc\íesre.rn rr.orlt l thc clclrrest. n]o.ct clct lt i lct l . lrntl Í-IloSt correct 1l icttrreo f t r t rd i t ionn l Zen.
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Introdttction
Thc lol lott ing lrr lc l arrrrr l .rogruphl ol T'r. 'h-sharr proL iJr 's art rtccrtrure f ie-ur ra o i hor t l cn or l ightcnrncnt ac t r ,a l l . takrs pL icc . I r r cc r ; ror rs T ' reh-.5f11111'.r pgr.rorrdl c-rpe'rre'nc'e rr l q'u Jrrr ing hi i lorrr- srr lr irrq ior . 'rr l ighrerr-nrer rc . Accor , l i r rg ro T ' i ch-sh , r r r :
I k r re r ' r 'Buc . l t ]h i sn l í ron l rhc r ime Iu 'as th i r rcen. At t} rc agc o te ighreer . r I io in . 'd thc pr ies rhood . . . then onc r lav I rea . l a thcs i st.rt lr.rght k.y a rnonk írom Hsüeh.r 'cn' cal lc... l
. .Atlr ' ice on Mec]it lrt ic lr l . ' '
AÍter rclr. l ing it ' l ht.car-n(' l lu'are t lrat l ha.] not \.ct rtacl.rct] t l .rt st lrgcmenríone({ in this L.ook. Tl 'rcreforc. I !\ 'el l t to Hsijch-r 'cn ant]|o l Iowec l i r i s i r . r s t r r . r c t i c l t l in mec l i t i r t ing i ln the so lc \ \ .oÍ( l l t r r ' ( ) t l theft lr.rrrh t l ighr srr cirt cxr.r.. le. l al l or 'cr rnr l .ot lr ' . I fe it r 'cr l ' cclnlít lrtal.]can, - i l i gh t . I ro 'na incr l in thc rnec l i ra t i c r r r i r i r l l t ' r rncenr r r t i r - rg ( )n mvmer1 i to t ion ur thor r r ta lk ing to r ln lo l r c . A t tc r th i r t . I s i ru ' M iao-k: ro-tór-rr:. ar]t l rr ' l ts instrrtcte. l rc. mc.]it i l tÜ o11 ri lc \\ 'crr.. l tt ' t i w' ithtlttt lrn l r rn l cnr i . f in fc r ru l . t i r ) l t , r l i l v o r n ighr . \ \ 'hen Igot L lp l - c tore . i i rw 'nt i re hr r r r - t 'o r r ( t l re g i s t o f the sc r r te r rcc) in tn tc r i i i r t c l v prcsentc .{ i t sc l f tonre . As so()n i r s l te l t u l i r t l c s lec1 .y , I l c t r the s ( 'a f an( i . l esccn . l c . l ro r l t cgrou l l (1 . T l re hr i , r - r 'o r i ncvcr . l c l . l l r t c . l f ront r . I le i t t i l l t \ r in te . cvcr t $ l t i l erv l r l k i r lg ' p rc1 l i r r i r rg t r l r . l . c . j i r t l . i í . lo . . l ' l r i ek i l ]g t l l ) l l ) \ ' s1 lo r l t l t l r l l t r ' i t l g. lou 'n thc ehopsr ieks . l r r , ras n i rh nre a l l t l r c t in re in l l l n r -v ac t i v i r i r , s .. l i r r ' l l n . ] n ight . l f L ) l ) t c i tn í r . r sc h i s l r l i r l .1 i r l ro . l t l c r r ' l l t l ]e , c t l t . t t i t . t t t i l t t sp iece , hc cannot hc lp l . L r t a r tu i r r cn l ightc l ' rn te n t . Fo l l t rn i r . rg r l r i sa t l v i ce , l u r r - r f r - r i l v c i r r t l i r - r cc r l o f n rv ac t l r r r l t r r r i v l l r l t s l l ch a s t r r t c . Ont l - rc 2 t ' ' t rh o f Mrr rch , Master Yen a . l t l resse . l rhc e t ngrcg i r r i t r . r :
. .My t1 . : l r r l . ro th t rs . i t . i s t l t l l L ) L lSe ro tec l s i cc1 l r r r ' l r i ]e s i t r i t lg í t l r l r
long t in re on voLr r nrc r l i ra t i r ' rn scar . I t voL l l r c s l t c1 . , , , l o r r s l r r r r r l r l l ea l cthc scat anri r i 'alk ol) thc groun.1, use col. i \\ ' irtcr to u'asl 'r vour tuccluncl moutfr ancl frt 's l-rcn \-orlr r.\ 'cs. Thcn vc', lr nrav g() l .uck to votrrs ( i l t i lÉ i l i n . c i t t i r r x r r ' t t h v o t I r i I . i l l ( c r ( ' . . r . i r r ' t h r ' l r i I r g } ( ) t l r n l i l l \ i . ] s i l
R! 'pri l l rcJ u it ir pcrmissir.n irtrnr ' '\ ledirarion ot T' ich-shirn," translrrt. ' .1 l-v Clhcn-ChiChang, I 'h r l , l oph. E , r , r anJ \ \ 'es r ( r i ) : l l a - - l l . o l ' 157 l ' v L n i rc rs in Prcs . o f L l lu r i i .
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you were standing on a precipice of ten thousand measuÍes. and rakeup so le ly your h la-r 'o l ( the g ist of the senrence ) .* I i you keep onwork ing líke th is for seven dai 's ' you w' i l l cerra in ly come to therea] izat ion. I t was such an ef fort as th is that 1 nrade Íorty years ago. ' '
Ipract iced accord ing to rh is insrruct ion for some t ime and soonI felt unusual improvemenr. By pracricing in rhis way rhe nexr day Ifelt that I could not close my eyes er,en if I wanced ro. The rhird day IÍelt as if my body were íloating in the air. The fourth da1' I becamecomplete ly unconsc ious of anyth ing going on in th is wor ld. Thatsame nighr I leaned upon a baluster and stood there for some r ime.My mind was so serene thar it was as if it were in a stare of uncon-scíousness' I collected my htla.t,ott and lost ir not, and then lproceeded back to my sear. When I was just about to s i r down, isuddenly exper ienced a sensar ion rhat my whole bodv. f rom the topof my head to the bottom oí my feet . was sp l i r . The íeel ing wassomething l ike having one's skul l crushed b l sonlebodvl ít was a lsol ike the sensar ion of be ing l i f ted up from the bortom of a ren-thousand-foor wel l to the h igh sky. I then to ld Master Yen about th isI indescr ihat- , le ecsras] ' l and rhe non-arraching jo1 rhar I had ;usrexperienced.
But Master Yen saíd to me: . .No. thís is nor i r . You should keepwork ing on yoLlr mer. l i rar ion."
Upon mv reqlrest, Master Yen gave me the ',r'ords of Dharma. thelast two l ines oí which read l ike thís:
..To propagate and gloriív the .upgoir-rg' affair of Buddl.ras anclPatriarchs
You sr i l l need a gc.od hamme r-srr ikeOn the L.ack of )'or.rr hearl."
I kept orr saying ro mi'self: "\\'hv do I r.rec,.l a hanrmc'ring on rheback of my headl"
I was not at all cor-rvinceil of this. Hou'ever. ir scen-recl that thcrcwas st i l l some s l ight doubt in mr, mind, somcrhing of u 'h ich I u 'as* . .Htta,r ' t l t t , ' ( . ' the gíst c l f the sentence. ' ) ' Sr .r: trk i t tses . .ko.t l l excrc ise ' . íI lstcat l ot"hra.r i r rr exerc ise" ar most p l . rces in h is n r i r ings. Scc Sr-r:uki , J l r BrrJJhisnr, p. 1 19.Although both "koclr" and "hl( .I- i o i1" mar L,e us. .d t tr . lenore rhe " inqrr i r r excrc ise o iZen." the latter is or lg in.r l an. l m..re a(.L l r i re. "Loan lmpi i ts thc cnt i re Zen srorv.rnc luding a l l the er 'ents. pItrs the nl . r in quest ic l l - i i ] t iSsue. ant] rhereíorc i t is a qeneralt e rm , uh i l e "h r {d - r ' o11 " i s l e r r spec i i i c . "H r r a - ! ' o r , ' deno res on l v r he r l L l r s t i on . no t t h ci r , ho l e s r t l r r ' . i l n J i n mt l s r c l r s c s o t l I r ' r | r e ' . g i s t . ' . . . h i gh ] i gh r . ' . o r ' . t i p . ' ' s o t o spcak . OÍ rhequest ion ls i rnpl ied,
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not sLlre. I meditatecl thus a long time e\:L'ry day for almost half ayear. One day when I was boi l ing some herbs for a headache I reca l leda Loarr abour Naja, in which a quest ion was put to h inr by Red Nose:..If you retl lrn the bones oÍ your body to your father and irs f lesh toyour mother. wherc would 'vou' be thenl"
I remember that once I couldn ' t answer th is quest ion when I wasasked by the host monk, but now, suddenly my doubr u 'as broken.Later. l went to Méng-shan. The Master Méng-shan asked nre:"When and where can one cons ider h is Zen work completec l l "
l could not answer th is quest ion ' Master Méng.shan urged me tostreSs my eífort on meditat ion (dhrdncr) ro wash away wor ld lyhabi tua l thor,rghts. Each t ime I entered h is room and gave nry answerto h is interrogat ion, he a lways sa id that I st i l l had not got to i t . Oneday I meditared Írom aÍternoon to the next morníng, us ing theporver of Jhrarro ro susta i r r onJ press foruarJ. unt i l I J i rect lv reaehert
I the stage of] profound subr lety. Ar is ing f rom c lhra-na I went to theMaster anc l ro ld h im mv exper ience. The Master askec l me: "What isyour or ig ina l tacc '1"
When I was j r , rst about to ans\\ 'er , the N{astcr drove me orrt an. lc lose. l h is Joor. From rhar r ime on I ga ine. l . . r .ut t lc inr l . rovemenrevery day. Later I rea l i :ec l that the rvholc t l i f f icu l t l , rvas because I hac lr.rot staycd Irrng cnor-rgh u'ith Master Hsil,- 'h-ven ro work on thesubtle an.l fir.re 1.arr of rhe cask. Blrr horv fortr.rnatc I r., 'as ro meet i lrea l ly goc ' 'c l Zen master . L)n l r thrtrr- rgh h im rv ls Ia i . lc to reach such astage. Not Lurt i l rh! ' l r har l l rea l i :ec l rhar i f one cxcrts h intsc l f i r - r anincessant an. l crrnrpc l l ing mirnncr hc r . r i l l gu in sorne rerr l i :ar i r ln f romt ime fo t imc. an(] str i1. ' ofí h is ignorar lce i t t tach ste1r o i the way.Master M0ng-shan sa ic l to n.re: "This is l rke str ip l . i r rg a pear l . Thenr()rL \ ' ( ) r . l s t r i1 . 11. r l rc h ' r iq l r tcr . c lc l t r . ' r . l lor l l r11;11 i t h( ' \ ' ( )n)(rs . Ott( ': t r i 1 l 1 r i n g o í r l r i . k i n J i . ( l l l 1 ( Í i r r I t r . ' i t r r . h t ' l r ' i l ) ( l ] r l ) l l l i L \ n , S \ r o r k ( ) í
anofhcr . "
Ne ' " 'e r the less , ever l t ime I r r ie r l to ans\ \ ' c r n rv Masrc r ' s c l L les t ion , I
w 'as a iwa-vs to l . l that sonreth ing rvas s r i l l l ack i r . rg i r . r n re .n - - . 1 . , . ' i , . , , . , , , { i - r i , ' ^ . L , , ' , . . . I " 1 . ' . . 1 . ; ' . . " ', \ ! r r ! L r r L r \ \ , , \ r r L r \ N r r r \ ( i ) l l l \ ' l \ l n f V n l i t l , l . , f n . l
sudc1enl1' l íelt mv bo.1y lrnd mincl open rr' icle Írom tlre ctlre of nr'yl nd r ro \ \ ' r rn J l . . r r r e . r l r r ouqh r rn . l r h rough . l The t c c l i nq \ \ ' a s l l i k c o l . l
l . i l . J - L rp s r ro r r s r r J J cn i r mc) t i ng u r i a r ' l l r n . l e r t hc h r i gh r l . t t n thn tha.l emergecl aftcr man,v Jark and cloutly clays. I cotrl. l not help brrtl uL rgh ou r hca r r i l r ' . I j L rmpcJ . l oun ab r r rp t l v t r om mv sc r l t a r r r l c i t t t qh r
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Thc Master s l l l1 .1- ,ec1 Ir l r 'Íace t l . r rce t in lcs . at l t1 lprostrarcc i nr l ' se l fbefore h inr three t imes. The Master sa i . l , "Ol ' r . T ' ieh-s l ' ran, i t h i rstakcn vt'rr-r several \'cars to get here:"
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onc ...1"l' Brrd.lha Sa\\' \'Íorljtr Ia lcgcr.r.larr' Brrtl..1I-rareprcsent ing u ' i sdom] s tanc l ing or - r t s i . l c the gr r tc . Hc sa i .1 .. .Mc l r r j r . t .
l r1on jL r . r r ' l . r l . . ] c ln ' r \ .oL l Con lc í I - r ] ' ' Mc l r l j t r sa i c . l ."Therc i s ncr 'u i r \ ' ' o r - r t s i c ' l e thc gate . \ \ 'h r . Jo vor . r ask nreto come in thror - rg l - r t l - re gare l "
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Yor r h lvc r i r r - rghr nrc nr l r ch .
M, , \STER I I ,A .KL; IN
Everv cn . l i s rxPoser l .Everv thíng i s rc l r l .
I )1 . , \1\ 'S . - \ ) ' i \ (1 , T l rc Rgt i r lh i s t l a l .111ror l .e i l r l i r i . lu i r l l l 1 . rx , - .1 r . . .1 ' ) .mat ter hon grc r r t i l person nra l l . c . Evcn r r r th Rr r . l J l r i r . r i re f r r i t l r o fthc rc I ' r t i i s c i1 l i cs ' rhc í i r ' c h r r t r . l r c . ] Arhats , rhc k i r lg . r l l e r r l i r l i s t c r , t l - r cleac . l c rs , r c lgc r I l c r he l l .e . ] i r r c fÍecr i r ' e i r 'h r i r rg i I lg fo r t l r t , r t r i t .
l r r searcI l oí er l I ighrc r l l l l c l l t . ( )nc . le l .e t l . ] . t l t r o I l csc l t l l t l t l I t t l t t . l t to thcrs , l . L r t in s r r l ing r rn t l hc)1 . i11g pg l rp)c , i t i s netcss i r r l t r . r r c l v L rponthe t ' f to r t s r l í t l rhers .
N()TE: ] \4or - r j t l Íc l ] rcSc l l t s l t Zc t l l t t t i r t t . l c . \ \ .h . : I l [ ] r r t i . l l l l r t . l l ] ] s 1 l i r l t t t ,"cntc r t l - re g l t te" ( t l t i s t c rn t i r l so nrc iu l s t ( )
' c l t re r t l t c rc l ig i r r r r s t r r r l r ' r - "
or "pra . t i ce l l r r r l r l i r i snr " ) . he . l re l ines , t l t c re l -v sL rggcsr i l rg r l r l r r l t . .monre nt onc l to in ts l t r " t l l c u t1\ ' o l t r hus l t t s t i t .
In t l rk i l l g thc 1 l l l r cc o f Br r . l . ]h i r a r l . ' . l r l l l r r l k i r rg \ ' 'Í t ln j r r to r l l i steach i r . rg , K i . lo reat t i rn ts Zcr . r r l s rhc "gure less gr r rc . " I laku in ' s sL r l . -s t i t r . r t c p l - r rase cchc lcs Mrrn j r r ' s s i rv i r rg . sugg( ,s t i l rg t l r i t r t l r c r t , i s r i t lp lacc f ronr w,h ich to entc r fo r \ \ ' c r r rc a l rear lv in . Thc p l r r in s r rv ing ,horvevcr . i r - r t l i s t ingu ish ing l . c tuccr - r "c r - r l ig l r r cnn ic r r r " l rn . l " the pr l r c -t i ce o f B t r t l c lh i s r l aw. . ' ' sc ln teu .har l r lo t . l i í i cs thc
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o f . t l - r r ' koan. En l ig l ) rL 'nn le nr - thc rea l i :a t ion rhar " r \ e rv rh ing i sreaI ' ' - c l cpcr l . {s o t l t l - r c se l f ' h t r t i r s cí fcc t i r ' c . . r r .o rk ing ' ' ( r l r í r . r r l c t i i l r l )in . . sar ' ing | r r rc ] he l l . ing peop le ' ' r c t1 t ' t i r cs the í t l r r .n l l t i t l t l c l f l t r c l ig i c l t r scomnrun i r_v r r , i th i t s master -pr - rp i i . l t r i cs r ,p i r r i s i r i t tnc r rc lu r ions ,o fmutr.ral cl epentierrce.
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A non-BucLlhist askecl Br-rclclha. "What did you preirchyesterdal '?" Brrd.lha said, "l preached on permanency."
"What clid 1'or: preach tocla,v1"" l preachec' l on impermanenc)' .""You preachecl permanenc)' yesterclal ' , u 'hy cl id you
pre ach i r r rpr rmuncr r r ' r ' to t ln i l "Bucldha said, " lr uas Lrermirnenr 1'esterday, but i t is
i - ^ . - . - - ^ . , ^ . , , , . I ,r i l l l , ( l I l t i r r r c r r L L U r l a \ ' .
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The non-Budclh ist looks L.ack anr l le i rves.
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A chat te rb 'ox .
/ '1 , . ' \ l \ \ . \ ) '1 \ i l ; The tcach i r - rg i ront u great , compass ionate hcar t i snr l r ch a l .p rec ia teL l . Thcrc a re t imcs u 'hcn permancncy i s p reacher l ,thc re arc t in res u 'hcn impcr rnancncv i s p rcachet l . I t i s l i kc sper rk ingt ru th a t cc r tu in t i r .nes anr l fa l sc u 'o r . l s a t o ther t imcs . l t has heen sa ic ls incc anc ient t in res : Facc a l .encvo lcnt ru le r r r ' i th co l r r tesv unt l ar l r r t t - r t u ' i th \ \ 'eapons . See thc ma l r . thcn preuch " rhe w 'uy . " Th isnre t l ' roc l o f p reach ing i s r - ro r cas i l v t l i s cc rnet l l . r ' the or r l inary man.
NOTE: "Preac l - r i r - rg" i s , csscnt iu l l r ' , a nr i s r r se o f u 'o rc l s . l t i s not the"csscncc" that n l r t t c rs -u ho kno* s " rsscnccs" anvw'ay l l )eop le c l c rnot conlnlt lt-t ic ltte for the sake t lf scltrchírlg for st lme abstract" t r L l r h . "
l t i s not c lear ' , l ,ha t K i r l ö rneans . Hc r r la1 'har 'e s r . rggestc ' . ] rhat thenon-Bt r .L ih i s t has rca l i :e i l thc fu t i l i t , v o f ahs t rac t spccr . r la r ion anc l , inleav i r . rg , pLr ts an ent l t c ' r h i s in . l r r i r r . Thc rc rnr "chat rc rbox" i s meanrto chrrrrtcr. 'r i:c pc(rplt: w'ho ir.rclulge in ahstract, spr'cr.r lat ive argLlmcn-Í ; ) t i t r n T h . . r l l ' r i n q j | \ . i n { t q l | í ] \ t r . t s r h n r . . t l m p 1 1 1 1 j i . 1 1 1 i o n i s n o t l tre la r ion bc twc. .n op in ions t r . r t between human be ings .
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Before Buddha enrere. l nirvana. Monjr.r askecl him ropreach again. Buddha scolc led Monju ant l said. " i har.,el i i 'ed in this world Íor forr1'-nine Vears anc] I hat 'e ner 'ersaid a rvord. Nou' r 'ou ask me ro preach again. Do voumean I har.e preached beÍorc.] ' '
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Monj r . r says . "But l .1ha r r i cs ro b 'e k inc l ro rhe vcr r . ' l as r . "
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L ike thc I io r r ' s roar - fc r r r r ro r a th ing .
1) - .1 i \ \ \ ) / \ ( i , B r . rc l c lha l . reac i te , . l to r to r l -6 i1e y r r ) rs r r r t r . l l . e tqrcdy ing sa i .1 , "L r f t i l l .o ' ' l h i* r not su i t l r l \ \ ' r )1 ' r . l . " H . r* nr r . rch r l r i s s r r r ' ,ing t l í BuL l t lh l l ' s sh . . l r r ' s l . r i s l . c r re r .c l Ie t l t k i r l . ] I less . Th is i l r s r s l t r . t r rg t l IBu , . l c lhn ' s hus tornrenteJ rhc nr in r l s o f thc r lesccn . lunts - i r r , r r r r r . , r - r tso c i i sgLrs t i r lg i r i s e r loLrgI l to t t l l t kc r . l t l t r ' t l t t l i t ' B r l t i r r r , l r s t l r I t i l í e t l t t t -p l t s . s i t . l t . t l ) l ' r i l 1 l i11 . rh l r r RLr . l t l l l i t sa i c l i r . Th i s I l r s t s l l r ' i t l g oí I J t r . i . l l u r ' sr t i l l n c r ' . r 1 . . r r r r n . ' . 1 ; r g r r r r r . t .
N()TE, ln " l I t i r r .c ner.cr s i r i t l urcachir.rg is r.ror ro [.c tlefinc.l as areaso n i l lg.
u or t l . " l l L r . l r lh l suggests rhr r r h iSc i t t c r r i r - re , nor aut i rp l r l l l - y i r l . s t r i r c t
l r l t l rk i r lg r l l c 1 l l l r ce oI VÍor l j L r l r r l . ] t l l l r r l k i r lg RLr r l .1 lu r | r . t r t l l e. .k i r - r t l r ress ' ' t l t h i s I l t s t r i ' o r t Js . K i t l ö in lp l i es t l l l l t s t t . . l l l t l ' i c r r . r l f
B t r t j t ] h a ( i ' c . , B r . r . . l t l h i s r l l ) i q t l - r e g i s t t . í Z . ' n . T I l c . . l i o r l ' s r ( ) l l r . ' l l ) l l \ 'sL lggcs t Bu. l . lh l ' s po\\ ' c r , b r . r t i t i s r r l so fhc nr ( )nrc l r r o f " r ro- rv r r r t l "( s u ch a s i n t l r e s ho L r t " K a r s r - r l " o r i . r h c i . c . r i . g r ' i t h r l r r : s t i c k ) . T h cp la i r r sa f i r . rg sLrgge s rs horv har . l i t i s to r ru l r un . l c rs r . l r ( l rhc " l r t . r f - r r -rvor . l " o f Zen BLrdr lh i sn) . rnr i h . .* e rs i l l f , i s n r i - s i r r re rprerer lancl rnislrsetl.
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l , r ' . . r r r l , ^ , . . - r , ' h r h " s , ' r i n r l r , ' F , , , 1 ' r i q h i r v c n r r r r r r r \ h i qr ( l \ t l l ( l ( l l L v f ' l l ( l \ l l L r l L r \ t r l ( u l ! , r u \ l ( l l . r u t r v I r l J
se.at , h i t the ' . lesk once I ighr l r r i ' i rh rhc sr ick, anr ' l s tcppc( ' l. lor i 'n . Thc ! ' r -n l leror \\ 'us taken aback. Latcr Shiko[a Buc lJh isr l r rvnrar-r] askec i the crnperor, "L la l .c your-rn. lcrstoo. l l " Thc emf.rcp61 sa ic l , "No, I do not unc lcr-sfu l rc l . " Shiko sa i r l , "FLr . la ish i l ' ras f in ishet l h is p19,161'1 ' ' '* ."
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i r r i r i s e on r r n e r r r K i r ' { r i i n r 1 . i i 1 ' s t j r l r r i r i s i r r r h i s n r ( ) n l r n t t l r l r t l r r 'c r ) ) |e r ( ) r s l r t , i , r l . l r t l r c i ' r un . l c r . t l rn . l i r rg . H l rkLr in ' s s r r [ . s f i tu te p l r r r r s r 'lunt l p l11 iv l sav ing t rn lv ec l - ro K i . lo ' s cor ln l c l t t .
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did 1.ou learn at [1'our maste.] É,' . ,o ' , placc1' ' Et.nurepl ied, "Your Majesrv, do r.ou ,. . ih. piei of c lou. l inthe sky7. ' The' emperor sai .]. . .Ye s. I scr- ' i t . ' ' Etchü saic], . ' Isi t pinnr.r- l up b_v a nai l or is i t hanging in miulair l ' ,
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ht r r r r sc . i r r . i t l r i , : r t l r in nr r rs t r , r s : \ ' r r i t l .
) l . lu , { ' l Ig l l t . Iv . ] i t t . : r c I l t r .e rs i t l t t t l í the s l t t l t c k t la t l l r1 .1 . 'g111s i r l t ] leI I rs t l r . l r t t l1 ( i i l t J r t t \ ö t i l . ' l r H] . ö r r , , l t ( c I l l r l l t c r ] ' koar l j l t r ) . In t l l l r r\ ' e r i i \ ) I ] ' r I ] . . . ' t t t 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 ; r t k s E r . l l ü . . . \ \ ' l r . r i \ \ ) r t \ \ l r r i s . i t r r r r t . t . ' , . , ] . . ' . ,a c L l t t l r ( ' r l l . " \ \ ' l t ( . t ' ( , t \ l r . , r . t l r . . c 1 ) l \ ( r ( ) r ' i r l L l r . i t i r r l r a . 1 , , , " * E , , f ' 1 " : . .r r ' i s t i c l t l t to Erchü ' s n las t t r , E r lo . Thc
" , . , - ' | i . . . . Sccn)s to eXpcct l ln ) t ' ta1rh1 '5 ig i1| i l l l S \ \ ' tÍ . I t l h i s r t s1 .91 l se Ere l rL r r i i l i cL r ]cs . ] . . .n t1 l . , , . . . . , ' . ,
specr . r l l t t i r ' . . í r i rn le o f n l i I r . ] i tn r ] . i i , - , . , . . t . l . ' . , . . k , , . . ' g h i t - t l i r l ro e r l I ighrer r -ment . Sonrc . ra r i r r c rpr r . t E r . t i r r r ' s l .o r . t ing
" r ' , , t lo r t i , - ,g a i . r . l j : ;^; ,re terence ro "nonar r l chnr . .n r " ( ro ( .o l r ccprs) . l . t r r I th i , i l i i i , f i r ;
taker l s i r 'np l r , i t s . .a c lo t r . ] i s ; t c l t l l t t ] . ' ' E tch 'ü ' . s po i r l t ing l r r r l re c l c rL r t l i s
19 , 9 , ]1 . ) ' u rc . i cc t ion o f . chc nrc r . t1 . [ , ,51; .11 . . , ' , , . .1 . r o f . .1 , i s .161r , , p r"Zcn ' ' ' l r L r r r r l s . - . s K i i l o h in rs i , r ' ; \ \ 'h . r . i s Enor" -a * , - ,gg . r , i . , . '
thar r rhcr r ,onc , i s f . r c ing Etchr l , i r i s o f nLr L rsL , to ask fo r Eno.H. tkL t t l r s s r r [ , s t i t r - r re phrase ( " \ \ 'har . ]ocs r l - ra t n rean l " ) i s a r , , .av r . t fnullif)'ing a. fr-rrile qu.rtio,-, and .1rir ing ,r.r. q..'.r,i..,,-.,., i,..,,o ,."ir--r ion' The aItcrr lat ir 'e sul.st irr ' rrc pl ' , rase,{..\ ' . . ' i . .] ' íornr lcss ' ) . . i . . ,* ;.; .ap|rc l l r in QcrrJ . i l . \ r l7 i ;crr Hr ö rurt bur is t rscc l i r ] i ts p]1]gg l l ' . . , . . i ' . ,
masters. I hare,hr .Lrght i r a f*r 'ot thcsc. . l i f rcre.r r .ers i t r r . rs r r .herc rhephrlrse of Qcrr.l.rr '\ö l i;c'rl Hrilrort rr.as r.tnc]eirr or rr'h..re If clt ir n,i.,..]
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the point . Such vers ions do not appear in any publ icat ion but onlyin the pr ivate notes of Zen novices or masters uho h i r r . 'e undcrgonethe teaching of the ' .one hun. l red koans of Master K ic] ö . ' ' ( I wish tonote that I d id not rece i r ,e these vers ions f rom any of the people men-r ioned in connect ion rv i th the preparat ion of th is t rans lat ion.) Thealrernar i r .e r .crs ion oÍ rhe sut .st i tute phrase seems ro interpretEtchü 's . .c loud answer ' ' as imply ing rnrr ( . .noth ing. ' ' , . r .o ic l ' ' ) , where i rsthe p la in say ing suggests the commonsense l{ (" is ," "ex istence")att i turc le to the quest ion concerning the deceased master .
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This Is ItMaster Etchü askcd Master Nansen. . .Where dcl yor ' tcome Írom] ' ' Nansen sa id ' . . I come f rom Koze i D is t r i c t . ' 'E tchu sa id , , 'D id you br ing the por t raí t oí Baso [Nansen 'smaster ] w i th you1 ' ' Nansen sa id ' . .Th i s i s i t ' ' ' E tchü sa i c . l ."How is i t from the backl" Nansen u' i thout a lvorc ' lr.l'i t h c'l re rv .
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/ '1 , . . \ l \ ' . \ . \ ) 1\ ( ) , The n ' ro rc . , ' o r - r l r . rok L rp i r t i r . thc ta i l c r i t gc ts . Thcl l ro re -vo( r c t r r i t . rhc har t i c r i t ge ts . l f t t ' t r r rh ink i t i s in thr f ront . i t i si n r h c b r r c k . l f l o L r r l r i n k i t i s i n t h c l . a c k . i r h a s n e i r h c r s h a . l o * ' n o rf ( ) i l 1 ) . \ ' o r ( 1 . l o r r l l l r ' s s - i t i s i r r s r i t .
NoTE' ErchLr. [ .v h is r rap q l resr io l r , r ' l iverts Nurrsrrr 's Zcn fronrNansen to B i rso (Nanscr-r 's nr l rstcr) . Nansen, in "This is r t ," po inrs ntthc l rcrr . ra l s i t r . rat ior-r of Nansen an. l Etchr.r t lc ing cach orhcr l tnt lsL lggcsrs "here. nou' ." Etchr-r . hou'ever, t loes nor g ivc r-rp lnt l asks forthe " l .ack" (of rhc porrra i t ) r i r . r tLr ing so, hc is tcsr ing *hctherNarrsen is r rot , r r f tcr a l l . t i rkcr . r in hv r l i s t inct ions (rrs bctrvern. forcxan.rp le ,
. . f ror l t ' ' ar l t ] . .back. ' ' . .Í1o!\ ' ' ant] . . thcr l ' ' ) .
Nanse n's r,, ' it l.rr-lrarval n'ray l-rave t'neant his iailr-rrc to escrrpc Erchtr'st rap. K iL l ö . oI l thc t l rher hanc]. n lakes Nanscn rr 'a lk i r r r 'a1 ' . . r 'n . i th l tscr , r f f of h is toot ." Thror.rg i r th is act . K ic l f i scenrs to impl l ' rhatNanscn has "erirsetl" Etchu's c;uestion. lcaving t-r,-r .leb'ts t'rchirr.l.Haklr in 's sLrbst i t l . l te phrase suggests that a l l r lL lcst ions i l re cL l t ot f , íorrve are alrcacll ' u'here rve or,rghr to ber u hereas the plirir.r saving in.rpliesthar i t i s f r . r t i le to measrrre crr ( l r ' f ine re 'a l in . As a concept i t i sabsolute l l ' " ro ic l and formless"; 1 'et as i t i s . i t i s "rrF,so lLrte ly rea l ."
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If That's theWay You AreWhen N{aster Ma,voku Came ro see Masrer Etchü, her.vavec l h is st ick oncc, bror-rght i t , - lor i 'n i l ' i th a s lam, ands tooJ . l i r e c r l l i n t r on t o f E t chu . E t chu sa i c l , " l f t ha t ' s t he\\ 'a-v you are. there is no need for you to meL' t mean) 'morc. is there l" Mavokur \r ' i rver l h is st ick once agir in.
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rt l t l se l f -cc lI- tsc i t . r ts . hc l t ' l t r ' t . I . t t l r t l t ln l í . . l r ErchLr. Sc lí-rc l l I i :at i t ln is I . t t l r
r l l l l i l t t e r ( ) f r c i l l i : i ng \ \ ' h i l t ( ) n c i s . hu r o f r eu i i : i ng on r i s r r o t .
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Do Not Be DeceíuedGugunyö [an off lc ia l] asked Master Etchű. . .How c]id voupract ice r i 'h i le vou u'ere staving on Hakugai Mountainl"EtchU cal led in a chi ld. strokecl the chi lc l 's heacl wirh hishar ld . and sa id , ' . I í i t i s a ]er t . sar . i t i s a le r t . I f i t i s c l car ' sayi t i s c lear . F rom nou 'on c l , . r not be , - lecc ived b l 'pcop le . "Gugunyö was speechlcss.
NíASTER K l t )o
Fron-r here orl I r 'r ' i l l r-ro lclrrge r scat.ch í. lr Br.r i . l t l tr lr.
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T l r e l r t f i I r r t v g r ( \ \ \ I r u l r r l t ' r r r i r i r r ! , . r . l t i l . l
1 '1 - , \1\ S . ' \ ) l \ ' ( ; ' Ah , E . rchLr . r r r r lY r r g reat nrasr r r r rn . le r hcr rVen.
N()TE. C) r . rg t rn ,vó c t l t l cc i r ' cs c l f L ] t r J . lh i s t . t l i r l t t r t l l s t l t . .1 l r111 6 i . .g . ' . .11' ' t c l r e l l i r l g . ' ' l t l 1 . 9 i 1 11 j 11 . a r r h e c I l i l J I j k e n r i r l . l . E ' r e h ü s t r g ge s t s ( l i r t c t
ex pcr l c l ) cc .K ic l ö rep laccs C) r rgr . r r r r . ö ' r r .ho l tp1 la rer r r l1 . . . loes l l ( ) t t l l l ( l c r s t i l l ] t l
E tc I l ü ' s n l can i l lg , ant ] r ' , . l r r ' s t c . l l t c i c l1 . ' t rhc . . r t t l t t sc l t r c l . r i r lg ' ' l r t r i t t l t . l e .H lk r . r i r t ' s s l rbs t i t r . r t c phr l t se I r t ry l . c n reu l r t t ( ) sgggesr t l ru t E . t ( 111, l l lc l ca r ing th t " t lunscenr l c r - r r . r l " h . r :c l r r rnr ( ju t r r r rvh ' s pr ip t l . I i r s s l rg ry lf a t h e r l i k i n dn c s s .
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A Cry stal Vessel F íLLed with lceKanzan [a poet] asked Master Bukan, " l f an ancientmirror is nor pol ished, how can ir ref lecr rhe l ighr of acandle'?" Bukan said, "A crystal vessel f i l led with ice hasno shadow. A monkey reaches for the moon in thewater . " Kanzan sa id , "Such th ings do not re f lec r l i ghr ,Wi l l you go on w i th i ' our ta lk l " Bukan sa id , " l f these areof no help. what Jo ) 'ou want me to sayl" Kanzan bowedanc' l withdreu'.
MASTER KIDO
He thinks that br. n.rv i l l ls lveÍ hc unt]crstancls.
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I t s , r r k s l i k c t l r , ' s r i ; r r i n g r r l , r r i g r ' r .
1 , l - ' , \ i \ . \ ' , \ ) ' l \ ' c ; , l t ís l i ke br i r lg i r - rg oL l t o l1 a tÍ l l \ ' r j c r ' , ' e l r I la t sh incso 'c r - r a t n ight .
Nt )TE: 1n h i s s in r i l e o f the r l i r ro r l r - r . l l i g l r r , Kar r : r r r r eonec ivcs r . r f thc" t rurh" (o f cn l ightennrent ) i r . r te rms o f sL r l . j cc t ' , t t . l . . ; l . j ec t . The s in r i l ca l so i r r ip l i es that thc i r t t i r innrcnt o f en l ig l r tu rnr rn t invo lves sL)nrcspec ia l c t t i l r t t ln l . cha l f oí the s r . rh jcc t ( . .1 lo l i s l r t l l c n l i r r t l r ' ' ) . B r . rk l r r - r ,i t l
. .a c r t ' s t l r l r .esse l f i l l c c ] r ' r i r I l i ec ' ' ' s r . rggcs ts t I la t t l . r c s t l l te t lÍ
cn l ightc r rnrcnt c iocs not cnta i i re f lec t io r r o f r rne cnt i t -v (sLrch l r s" t r r r rh" ) on anothcr (s r . r ch r rs thc "sc l t " ) : [ . t r r - rg s l - ra . low ' less , i t i s l ro t i i. . t l l i ng . ' '
T l l t l sc r ' r ' I l t l fa i l to r . r r l t ]e rs rar l . . l rh i s g rasp aí tc r i t i r r r ' a i r ' r , l i kclu nronkcv t rv ing ro carch thc rc i l cc t ion r r f thc nr t ,on in thc $ ' i r te r ,Kan:an, s r i l l taken in br t l ' r c c iua l i s t i c th ink ing o f h i s " rc f l cc r io r r
s i r -n i l e . " . loes not un . le rs tan . l .In his rcspclr lse. Ki.. i t . l takes t}-re placc t lí BLrkarl. strggestirrg t lrat
althclr.rgIl Katl:arr borr 'ct] anc] rr ' i tht]rerr 'rr ' i thor.rr pr-rrslr ing thc Íni ltterfr"rrr|rer. it is c. lor.rb'rfLrl . , i ' l -rerl.rer hc ltr-rt icrstt- ' i l . l . Tl-re sírr l i lc of thci r \ i t n l r c . s c l f i l l c . l u i t h i c c l . c , r r r r i t r r ] l i ( \ [ \ r 1 ' s s ( i t h c " r r o - s t r t j . ' e r .t . ' o -eb jec t " i r ' l ea . \ ' e t as long as i t i s concervc t l o f on l t ' i r r th t - 'abs t rac t( i .e . , as a concept) . i t i s o f no L rse . Hakr . r in ' s s r - rbs t i t r - r te l . rh rasc anc l th t 'p la in sav ing pr i r i se Bukan 's " r i ' o rk ing" as pou 'c r f u l a r - rc l e f fec t i i ' c .
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What Is This Called?Hotei [an eccenrr ic f igure of Chinese folk lore] alwaysstrol led around the srreers, carr ' ing a clorh sa.* a., .1
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torn,carper. The cloth sack was f i l led rvith pors, bowls,wooden clogs, í ish..r ice. r, 'egetables. meat. t l les ' rocks. c lay.u'ood' ancl al l k inds of thíngs' Sometin.res, in a crorr 'c]etjplr:.; ,T,u'ould open the sack. empr_v it , ancl say, , ,Have
alook." i hen he would pick the things Lrp one by one ancJask. . .What is this cal led], ' The crou'.] o 'ás du-bíoundecl.
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The ugly \\ 'omAn f rorr.n..
N4ASTER T{AKL]IN
To f l i r r g j r i r r t r ' r h c r r v r . r .
l 'L {1\ ' . \ , ' \ ) ' / \( j , Lav ing . r . r r st rch ' , r 'or th less jLrnk- j r . rsr l ikc a b 'cggrrr 'sch i l . l p l r r r i r r g i l l t r L l r r r l u i t h . r r i . . t . h t r r l l .
NOTE, F lore i is 1 ' ro inr ing r ighr arHote i 's "Zen shou' ' ' i s or .err lone.sav ing: A l .caLrr i fu l rvonran rvher-ruglv u,onr i rn rr , l - ro th inks shc h i rsírou,l.rs irIl. l gcts Lrglícr'
i t . K i r lo suggcsrs , l . ro r levcr , rhatI I i s cor -nnre n t re ie rs to l r l - rop l r lu rf r t l r t ' r l i t l g gcrs r ] l ( ) rc l . ca t r r i í r . i l ; l r r lt tn . l c rs t . l t r . l the scc r t t t l í l . c l t r . l t y
HnkLr in 's suhst i t l r t t phr.rse unt. l p l i r i r . r s l r . i r - rg suggcsr the conr-mor)scnse v ic , ' r of t l - r . 'on lo.rk i r rg crcrrr . t l , \\ 'hat is r - rg lv is r rg l r . . nn. lwhat is worth lcss is * 'orth lcss; * har is r i rc r - rsc of p lav i ' r - rg aroul . l rv i t l rjLrrrk i Nt l t - l .c i r rg r l lkcr l i r l [ . r thc s l l t . r r ' ' s t . tc l t s i l l r l . l i c i tv t lí n l i r l t l ísmore "sophisr ic i r re i l " than lJore i ' s Zcn.
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Monju asked lvÍaster Mr-rjakr.r. ..\r\,/herc har'e ytlr.r |.eenrecenrlvl" )vlr.rj irkr.r sair l. " i have been ir"r r ire south."MonjLr saí t l ' . .Hou ' i s thc teach ing oI Bu. l Jha fa r ing i l r th . 'southl" Mujaku saic l , "The teaching of Bucldha is c lecl in-ing an.1 monks hardlr ' keep ci iscí1.. ' l inc. ' ' N{onjr.r saic],"Hou ' man l monks are there l " Mujaku sa ic l , "Somet in resthree l .rundrec]. sometin.res íi i .e hunclrccl . l t r 'ar ies. ' ' He.then asked Mor-rjr-r, "Hou' are things gert ing on herel"Monju sair l , "Tl ' r ,- . pcople and saints l ivc 11' 'gcther.Dragons ant] snak...s mírrgle. ' ' , Mr.r jakLr sait l ,
. .Ho'ut, ' manymonks are therel" Monjr-r sair l , "Thrce-rhrec in front,three-three in back I i .c. . a t*r ' here , a fc lv rh. 'rc]."
M,{STER KIDO
lr1tlst pctl1. lt c.. lÍ.t l l t)t rcach t l l is t l lr .
i \4ASTER H, , \KLI IN
I learnctl r l-rc nr.rnrl.cr jLrst totlrrr ' .
I ' l - , \ i \ ' . \ . . \ \ ' l \ ' ( l ' T I te vas t s l .h . . r . - l tou ' t r , . r l ' , ex t raor .1 i r - ra r1 ' !
NOTE: Mtr j l rk l t seeI l l s t c l th i r l k rhat t I l c s ta rc oí rhc . . t c l re l . r i r lg t l tI ltrcl. l l ta" r lepcl l( lt r-tpcttr thc nunrbcr et rngnks lrrt l t l .reir t lcgrec eft l i sc ip l ine (as to thc monast i c lau ' ) . Bc ing too consc io r rs o f rher l i f t c rence l . c t ' , veen "morrk" an . l " lavmrr r - r " h r i s tukcn in t - r ' . l i s t inc ,r ions (bet rvecn "sor l rh" un . l " r ' ro r th , " "nr i rn r ' ' ' an . l " te . , r " ' ) . Monj r . r ' sr )nswL ' r ( "The peop lc an i . l sa in ts l i vc togcthcr . Dragons anc l snr rkcsn l ing lc ' ' ) . r l r rhcr t l l l t r r i r . r c l i c l r t ing the s r i t t c o f [ ] t rd . ]hísnr i r ' r thc"south , " suggests h i s oun s r r rc o f r r r inJ . T l ' rL rs . rvherc i r s rhc Zcnl l ras ter Mrr jakr - r . in t r t r i r ch i l rg g l - r j i l t in rp( r r r Jn .e to t l ' re nronast i c o rc le r .takes a H inavan ic ' , ' i eu ,o f B l r . ldh i sm. l \4or - r j r . r ( thc Bt r . l . lha o f u . ' i s , .1om)rcpresents t l re r ' i e r r ' l . t l i n t oí Zer r . 1n l . r i s ans ' , i ' e r ( . .a fe r r 'here . a f cwt l - r r re" ) to rhe qLrcs t i ( )n on the n l r r .nber o f nronks . Monj r , r sL rggests " i ti s a l l t h e s ame . "
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s t | l te o t n l i r . r t ] . Hakt l i r r . s s r . tb .s r i t r . t t c 1 . . ,h ras . 'a l sos l rggests the pr inc iL . le o f nonc l i s t inc t ion . ln "a feu hcre , u f cw, there . "Monj r - r t caches N ' lu jaku the " r - r r - rmber" -nanre l r , , how' ro v iew, rhcmi lnv th i l rgs ' " r ' i t l . rour l . c ing taken in bv c l i s t inc t ions o f dcgree ur . r t lr ' , t I t t . ' .
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TeacupMrrster Mr-rjaku mer Monju c-rn Mounru'ere ha.n' ing rea, Monju pickerl up rhe"Do you have th i s in the south l "
"No.""Then u' l ' rat c lo vou r-rsual l l 'dr ink teaThere was no alrswer.
\ 'ÍASTER KlDl
Bo* ' a nd g e r up .
MASTER HAKL. ' I \
Bow ar-rd leavc.
Ta i . Whi le theyglass and asked,
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l)L,,\1\ s,,\\.I\t;. ..Thank \ 'o! l \ 'er\ ' mr.rch í. lr the tca ancl cake.
Gooc l l . yc , ' ' So sa1 ' ing , takíng one ' s lear 'e .
NOTE, Tl 're trrr-glass seen)s tL) I-rave bccn lr rarc vcssel nor usr.ral ly trserlíor ten . Mujakr . r ' s f i r s r ansr 'u 'e r n la r ' s t i l I r c fe r t t r thc tca-g lass . l . r r tr i ,hen askc i l . " \ \ 'har c lL r ) ( )u L rs r ra l l l . l r ink rca w i th l " hc apparent lyar tachr ' s "m, : i rn i r rg" to Monj r r ' s qucs t ion (s r . rch as , "How c l r l cs Zcnfarc i r - r thc sor . l rh] ' ' ) a r l t ] i s thLrs s t l r ck in rhc r ra1- r he h imsc lí ser . Asaga ins t MLr j i l k t r ' s l r t t i r r . r . l e . b .o th Kí . lo - ' s con)n lc11r i tn . l t l - r c comme ntso f HakLr in -Zen s l rggcs t a s imp le i rnd natunr l "har , ' ing tea" s tu t . 'o f n r ind .
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Master Nansen sai.], .. lí l u'crc. ro go tln.1 sel l nlyself 'would therc be people ro burl ' rnel" At that a monksteppec l otr t and sa i i{ . " l rvoulc l L . l rv ." Nrtnse n sa ic l . "Hov" '
woulc] you btrv me i | 1.or . r u.eÍc ro Pnr nc i rher too ml lchnor too l l t t le l " The monk qas c l r - rmbfo l rn. lcc l .
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lí t l ' rere is SL)mco1]c r, i .ho rr.or.r lc l rake ir r. l1-.,on l-r inrsel i . Irclrr rr ' i l l rrt lt
ho ld back .
MASTER HAKL ' IN
Hori ' r.r.rrrch is ic l
/ ) 1 . . \ / \ ' \ { } ' 1 \ ' ( 1 , "N {a s t e r , i f t h c r c i s r r n v t i . r i t r g } o L rw i t l t t . l o r l c , s l l a l l I . l o
i t l Perhr rps r r - rbb i r rg vour shr t t r l . l c r s l " So sav ing , bowi r tg o l ' r c ' s I t c i t . l .
NL)TE: People arc too easi lv raken irt [ 'r clef ir-r it i t lns. Trr-rc, Nrttrse l l is rt"Zct 't t ' t 'urster," b,.rt r ' i ' l -rat is a rrakc.l ttn. l l 'etrni lcss Nlrnsetl l Thc nlt lnku'ho voltrntetlrs trr " l .ttr '" Natrsct 't is rotr r ltsh. Horl catt he kncr,, i ' i t ht '
ís [.r.r,virrg a hcggar tlr lt Zct-t Irlllsre r]Kit lT's col1lt l lcÍlt sccl l lS to sttggest thlrt t l-rc }'rt l l . lctt.r is it relt l ol lc
anr l has to be face . i . Hr rk r r in . in pr .111 i t - t* l t "L" - tvc r ' s nor t l " l tg l t i l l s t l t" se l l c r ' s $ ' r ) r (1 , " th rc rns the l .a l l l . ack to Nr t t r se t r . Thc p i r r r r t s r r -v i r tgr r j cc ts the l . t r t ,h l cnr r r s hr '1 ' ,o ther i ca l i t r r t i s i rn l . l v rcspp l lq l5 to thc
l \ r c s c ' ) t n ) i l r t r r - l ' l . l l \ i I i i t t l i l t i \ \ l l .
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Masrer Nunsen sa ic i . "Therc arc t l - re f r . lur e lerncnts [ct fmir t ter: carth, \\ 'atcr , t i re, a i r l in thc bo. lv of t r r - r thIho . t sh ln ] . I f anvone can cxp l a i n rh i s r o n re , I sha l l g i ve h imtr tr.lair clÍ brecches,' ' N{astcr L)clgcl canle fclrtl.r antl slrit l '. .Thc
essence of earth is r rot r ' t l i c l . \ ' 'o i t ] is t . rot thc CSSCÍlccof r 'ar th. This is t l - re e lerncr-r t of eurt l ' r . Thc ot l ' rcr t l ' r rcce lenrcnts arc a lso the sanre." Nlnscn r{ i t ] nor l . reak h isprorn isc; he gar 'e L)ogo a pair t lí l . rccchcs.
N,Í'.\STI]R KltX)
L )ogo , r app ing h r s t c c th , t h rou s a spg l l .
\{ ,\STER i{ ,{KL 'IN
Hrr I f -praisi ng. hll f -rlc nor-r nc i n g.
1 ' l - . \/\ 5. ' \ ) '1\t ; , "\\ 'e l l , u 'c l l . I care lcss lv lcr r1 ' re r iorr ls s l i1 . f ront r r rvmoLl th. P leasc excr , rse nrc." So \av ing, bor l ing c ' rne 's heac l .(Or. u ' i th certa in masrers- in ac l r l i r ion to thr ' a l .ove-onc s lys."C ra te fu l l v I a ccep t . " )
NOTE: ln Mal-ra1 'ar-ra Br-rc lc l l ' r i sm, ant l cspec ia l lv rn Zcn, r i . or "martcr"(or i ts for . r r pr imarv e lcmcrrts) . is i r lcnt i f ier1 r l i th nrr i . or "r 'o ic l " ( rhc. .csscI lcc less csset lce ' ' c lí rc l r l i t r ' . r . rsrra l i r .S\ 'non\ 'n loL ls . , r ' i th hr lssh l r r) .L) ögc l . i r l t l i s t r r rgtr ish i r lg L\ l . t \\ .cen 1| i l I lL] 1 l l l i . gcrcs agai t ls t the acccptct lr loctr inc, thrrs suggest ing t f l r t I ' rc is not rakcn in l . \ 'conce pt l r i i l t l - r ink-ing. lr rnav b,e tair to irssLurc tl-rar lrarl Nirnserr 1-,rclrche.l thc scpanr-tiorl of l( l lnrl 1]llt. L)ógo rr't ltrl.1 har.c res1.t..,tl.1ct.l rr' ir|r rhc o1-lptlsittthcs is , assert ing that thcv urc i . ient ica l .
K ido 's conln lent is nof c lcar . b ' r r t l ' rc r lar havc mci lnt to sL lggesttha t i n h i s ansue r Dogo . l r i r ' . ' s a r l av thc " cv i l sp i r i t s " o i . l o c t r i na r i anspecr.r lat ion. Hlrkr-r i r - r 's srr[ .st i r r r rc phr.rse , rnJ thc p la in s l rv ing sL lggcstthat Dógo is rigllt tc.., rcflttc Nansen.s spccr.riatit. lt l. b'r.rt rr'rtlng írl thlrthe h inrse l f spccr-r lates.
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Master Obaku saícl. . .You are al l leftor 'er-eatersl If 1.ouru'alk around the r.vor lr l and senrch for trurh in sr-rch amanne r. u hat achievemcnr calr volr expcct l Do yor.rknou' that therc are no morc Zen masters in Cl ' r inal"Then a monk stepped olrr anri s l ic l , "Arerr ' t thcre thosc.who u' l lk i l rcrunt ' l c lrnesr lr i rrstrucr ing thc n-rasscsl \r\,/hatc l f then- r ] ' ' obaku saíc l . . . I . l i c l r io t Sa\ ' there i s t ' ro ZenalrYnrorc. onlv thar thr 're arc no great nl i lstcrs.
\ lASTER KIDO
Thc rronk savs, " l s l . r i r i l r - ror forger thc k in. lncss an. l fuvor of n ' rynll l s tcÍ.
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I rvas fo r t r . rnate in rnec t ing mv n las tc r ant l recc iv ing h i s ins r r r . r c t ion
l )L , \1\ '5 ' { \ ' / \C l ' Yes . I a i so i rm c- . ,nc o t the pgp1]5 o f rh ! 'g re l l r n l i l s teÍ
NoTE: Irr sa1 ' ing r}-rat . . rhere i l re no nrt l rc Zen n l . ]Sters in Chína. ' 'Obakr.r urges h is pupi ls not ro re lv c ' rn orhers f r . r , :n l ightenr lcnr . 81 'interpret ing Obakr-r 's remark as a reterencc ro the conc l i r ion ofinst i r t r r ional Zer.r in C l . r in i r . thc nronk nr isscs rhe poinr . As againsrOl .akLr 's staremenr, f ht ' conrmenrs of K i r lc f ar . rc l Hakr.r in "naive l r" 'cx press tlte 1.rc5g111 ntaster-1.1rpil si t r,lrtittr-r.
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It happenetl r i 'hen Mastcr lOshU \\ 'as r l t Master Nanserr 'splace'. One clal ' u 'hen JoshU \\ 'as on the ladcler above ther.r 'e l l . he s irr l Nanscn lrass b1'. Hanging,.rne ior ' tt olrr. hccal lc. l , "Hclp, hclpl" Nirnscn cl imbccl up thc l l r l , . lcr of ther ' , 'e l l ancl [cor-rnt ing the rr.rngs of the lad. lcr l sai . l , "Olrc,tvu'o, threc. four. f ive."
Later. Toshn \\ 'cnt up to Nanserr 's l iv ing quartcrs an. lu ' i th , - l r - re co l r r t csv sa i c l , " l thank 1 'ou fo r he lp ing mc jus rno\\'. "
\{ASTER KII ) I -
I l : I ^ . - - l . - . - . - , , . 1 - i ^ , - i .I t l l r l I . . I O [ \ l ( ) i l l l \ I l ) l n ! : I O f Y r r ( 1 .
IvIASTER HAKL.IN
I fce I asl'ranrc.l, I fecl ashamecl.
l ' / ' , . \ l \ .s-\) ./\ . (] . l -{ i t t ing tI . re í loor. the r , r ' i ie is i rngr-v: . .Only one s iJc c l lIor-rr sho ' . r lc ier is *et , isr . r ' t i r l l f vor . r *crc a lonc, , rn,- lcr thc unr l . rc l la ,onc sicle of your slecvc sholrlcln't he so $'ct. I lret yor-r walkccl homeslrar i r - rg the r-rnr l . re l la * i th sornc goor l - look ing ' , 'uonrar) ." Hus l -anr l :"Thar 's not so. Thc crnc Is l -nrct l i rn uml.rc l la wi t l - r uas vour o l . lloi 'cr. I'rn the one rvl-ro sl 'ror.rkl b,e iealor-rsl"
N ( )TE . J ö shL r , i r l l r i s . ' s t r o r r ' . ' ' c a I l s t l n Na t r s c t - t r o . . sa \ ' c ' l r ín l . Na t l se r lc locs I . rot responcl u ' i th a sa int l ike "sa lvar ior-r" act b ' r r t s lou ' ly c l inrbsLlp the l lc l .]cr. NaIlscn c]t lcs I. lt l t rttsI l tt l
. .s ltr 'c ' ' J öshrr, nclt t lI l ly
l .ecalrse . l irshr,-r 's cal l ftrr hclp 15 a shon, l . , ,rt l .ccl,,rsc cvcn whcrc thcr. 'i s a rca l necc l fo r resc r rc ( t ro r l thc F ,or - rds o f karnra) a l l r rnc can t lo fo rt l - r c o thcr (anr l fo r oncsc l f ) i s ro w 'a lk . s rep br , s tep , onc ' s own puth .j i r shu thanks Nr rnsen for mak ing h inr rca l i : c rh i s .
ln h i s cor r - rn i c r r t . K i c l t i rep laces Nansen. l t i s not that Nr rnscr r c locsl l ( ) t u . i I n t t t t l l r , l l \ . | o ( n L | ' ö \ t n e I ) J t t l r c r t l t l ] l l ) [ s . I o s I ] [ | l s J \ ) 5n t l i l I ] \ lNanser r , Nanscn. N i rnsen mav fee I "ashame. l " ( s r - r l . s t i r r - r t c phrusc)that he u'or-r lc l not . lo r.nore for JoshLr (or for an1'bo.ly clse), but, as issr,rgge'stcr.1 in the plain saving, re' lat ions betu'ccr-r hr-rn.r irn b'cings arct ror o l cur . ] t n . i r r rpIc n . l tu rc . Br a . . r ing t t r r . r l l c s t lÍ . o t l c i r r r ' t . ' l r . c .* thcother . B l i r c t ing upon the o ther , one f i r r c l s onese l f invo lvec i .
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ADonkeyMaster Seídö met the imperial mcssetrger on thc roac].The imperial messenger invirecl Seic lo to c l ine wirh hinr.Whi le they were dining, a t lonker happenecl to bral ' . Themessenger saic l . . .Pr iest. ' ' Sei. lo raísec] his head. ancl themessenger pointed at the donker' . Bur SeiJ ö poinret l arthe messenger. The messenger u'as s i lent.
N1ASTER KlDŐ
1t is the fault of a smal l off ic io l . mc.
)II,ASTER H.\KLll.r-
l arn not very goo. l at responding r ighr l l ' ro rhe srtr , rar ion.
PLAlN s, . \\ , I\q. . .V/e l l . u.e l l . ha i ' ing sr . rch a r i r re r . is i tor Írom f i r r lway, lwanted to serve some del icac ics. but , i ' l s ) 'oLr sce, lhave noth ingspec i i r l to of fer .vor. r . l am \ 'er} 'soÍÍ}. . ' ' So say ing, bo ' ' r ' i r - rg onc 's heac l .
NOTE: This koar-r is not qui te c lear ' I t ís obr. ior ' rs , hou.er 'er ' thar u 'hatis at stake is not any . .nreaning ' ' br ' r t the. . r ' " 'ork i l rg ' ' (or funct ior l ) oíthe nlessenger ancl Seic.l ö. \ü7e clo not kno,' l ' if rhe nresscnger orrlywantecl to drau Seicld's attention rrt thc clonkev or '"vhether heintendeci to sL lggesr that Se ic l ö u 'as l r . . .1otrkc1 ' . ' ' 1r l an\ ' .ase, hc seemsto hr t r r . ing to. . i l ( . t Zcn ' ' l Sc i .{ ö ' s srr ' ií t res l ronsc ptr ts thc mciqel lgcrÍn h is p lace.
K ic ld 's comrnenr anc l Hakr-r in 's srr[--sr i r l r te phrase sL lggest thcmesscnge r ' s f a i l u r c , r ' " he reas thc p l a i n say ing con t r r l s t s t hemessengeÍ.s or 'er ly . ,c ler 'er ' ' at t i tude r ' , ' i th a morc r l . t t l t r l l . . inr ' r r ing rodint ' " s i t r rat ion.
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WhereDo the Bools Qo?Ribotsur Ia scholar l] asked Masrer Chijo. " l f i t is doubt.less that N4ount Shumi can contain a poppi ' seed, thenisn'r i t fa lse rhat a popp)' seed contains Mount Shr-rmi l"Chij ö saic l . , .People sa1' that -vou har.e read thousanc]s ofvo lunres o f books , i s i t t rue l " R iborsu sa id , "Yes . " Sh i josaic l . "The body is as big as a coconLrt. \X, 'here can )orrrthor-rsanJs of r 'o lumes oí books gol ' ' Ribotsu could butborv his head.
r,tasrtR xtoö
Ribotsu sa., 's, "1 thor-rght there w'as no one ."
MASTER HAKL IN
I thought rhat mor- rkevs \ \ 'e rc l rh i te . k r r t there are b lack monkeys .
I ,L ' { l \ ' s - \ \ . l \ ' t l . . . \ ,o r . r r supcrb r , i c r r ' ís cer ta in l ,v o f thc g le i l tes t
impt r r t r tnec . I hnvc norh ing f ' r r t i r , ln r i r r t t ion . " So sn l ing . [ .ou ' ing onc ' sheacl.
NOTE, Rib,otsu r l r r r 's t i r )ns rhc r a l i . l i rv t , t t l . rc Kegon school ofphi losophy'r i ' l . r ich c la i r r . rs that a l l th ings are inrerre larc. l an. l er . 'en rhesnr i r l l c . . r i lar tíc l t 'ht l lds thc e l l t i Ic ] . l l l i \ ' c rsc. l r . r l . r i s i lns\\ 'cr . Chi jo. ' locsnot ' of necess i t r . ' i r l t tnt] to dcfcnt] the Kegon phi losc lph,v. Hís ptrr-ptlst is to sl.rock Riht)rsLl tlt.tt t. 'í ct.nc.,l.tual rcirsonit'tg. Rcality.sLrggests Chi io, is not to b,e f igrrrcc l o l r t in ternrs of chest drawers (orce l ls an. l part ie les) rvh ic l ' r "contrr in" t l r ings.
A l l thc cc)n ln lcÍl ts on thc koan sr ' lggest R ibotsu 's ac lmiss ion ofCh i j ö ' s st tpg1|. i . t t l iq t tc l . lc 'ss t lí n l i r -rd.
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QiueMeBack My SeedHOkoji [a BuJdhist la1'man] askecl Master Daibai, " l havel n n o l r . ' , r r , I n f . ' n ' r r n ; l l - y - r . ' l , l , r i h , t , n r p i ) n q " h i o . l t ' . . " 1 h ' , r
I u 'onJer i f rhe p lum i s r ipe . " Da iba i sa i J , "Whcrc u ' i l lvou b i te f i r s r l " HOkoj i sa i c1 , " i sha l l cu t e le rv rh ing in rL lsmal l pieces." Daibai saic l , "Give me l .ack my seec1."
)\. '1ASTER KIDÖ
To c ome ou r e qua l l r .
\{ASTER HAKL]I \
I t h r rs been swa l loued.
1)L.{/\ 'S,.\) 1\(1, " lf 1'or-r r.vish, I r i i i l give voLr as ntanv its vorr .,r 'rrnt." Scrsaying. bor, i 'íng one
's hea.j.
NoTE, ln " l , , r 'onr le r i f rhc p l r . rm i s r ipc , " HOkoj i i s c l L rcs r io r . r i r rgDa i l .aí ' s enI ightc r r rnenr . L )a i l .a i |akcs r . l1 l thc s i r r l i I c t . , f t l l c 1 . ' IL ln l l l r r .1l i r r ' s rhc t r . lp 1 . r f . l i s r i r r c t io l - r ( . ' \ { 'hc re r r . i l l l ' t l r r l . i t c t i r s t ] ' ' ) íor I lok t . j i .} J ö ko j i l t r ' o i . l s t i l i s t rnp . l . L r t Da i l .a i . s t rc tc i - r i r lg thc s in l i I c l l . .1 a[ . s r . t r -. l l tn l . . ] c I - t l l t r l t l s Htkot i ro re !L lÍ t l thc . . see . l . ' ' l l l l t s . . .n l c r r 'ha t f t r rcc t lin te rpre ta t io l r , \ \ ' c n rav sav t i - t r r in th i s nr i rnncr Da i t a i i s r l cnr r rn t l ingthat Hoko j i p rove 1- r i s unr l c rs tanr l ing (o f uhar l r c i s l f te r : n r rnrc l r ' ,Da iha i ' s cn l ighrennrcnr) .
K i . lo t l kes HOkoj i ' s l ) l r r cc L tnr l sL rggests t l l t t l .p t l ' r " scc . l s " (L)a i l .u i ' sl r I r . l } l ók t l t i ' s ) a re t r I t i l - r l l t t c l r , rhc s i t I t l c . H i rk r . r i r l ' s s r t i . s t i t r t r c l . I l r l t scSc tn)S tL) SL lggcs t t l l a t Hók t l j i . l t - l s . , i ' l t ] l t l r r . i I lg rhe scet l . i s c r l I ig l r r t ' r l c t l 'l r r t h r P l u i n s a v i n g , Hoko r i c . r n c l t r . l c s t h c i r r g r r n r r r r r , s L l g g c s t i n g r h r r tevcr r '1 . t r in t t s thc "css t t rc t " ( t r r "s , :c . . l " ) , rv l r i c i r i s t r r s i rv r l r i r r u l t i -rnare lv rhcre i s r r r r "cssc r - rcc" i r ! r r l l .
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NoÚ a Síngle DropMaster loshu wenr up ro rhe lec rure s t i rnd , look ing th i sway and that. Master Shuvu sau' him and saic l , "WhatLrre you doingl" JOshU saic l , " l am looking for water."Shuyu said, " l haven't got a s ingle drop here, so what isthe use of lookingl" Joshu pur his sr ick against the wal land went out.
MASTER KIDO
Do nor rh ink vou havc gor rhe aJvanragc.
MASTER HAKLIN
\ü7hcn thc parh ot language is cur oít .The wander ings of the minc l wi l l d isappear.
l '1 .A1\ ' .S. , \\ '1\t l ' This rock-borrom t lcprh. cr ' . r - r Budt lha or Amida isunable to knor', ' it.
NoTE, in "1 anr look ing for r . l 'arer ," loshr-r sr-rggcsrs that he ismeirsur ing the extent (or c lepth) of Shulr-r 's Lrnr lersranding. ln " lh i r ven ' t go t , r s i r r g l c . l r r r F . Shu ru i n rp l i c . r h r r r hc i s [ - c r ' , r n , l suchmeasuremcnts. at r , r 'h ich point JóshÚ g i r 'es t rp the . .scarch ' ' ant lleaves.
Kiclo acltls a r,r'or.l ir-r place oí SIrr.lrtr, sr.rggestiI.rg tl-rat JoshÚ's actc loes not inrp ly that hc ]ras the u1-rpcr h lnr l . Hakr.r in 's sr-rbst i t t r tephrase Secnls to sllggcst that Josl-rÚ arltl Shrrr'rr see eye ro cr'c witheach othcr , rvhercas thc p la in sav i r rg sa ls rhar u l t i r latc l r i r i s inrpos-s ih lc to knou' (or "nreasurc") thc othcr .
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Cut the Head OffA monk asked Master To;an. "Which of the 'rhree
bodies oí Buddha' [. .an. 'hin] does the preachingl ' ' Tozansaid, " 'V7ith me rhis is always an acure problem."AÍterwards the monk askecl Master Sozan. . .What didTozan mean when he said. 'V ' i th me this is alrvays anacute prob lem'1" Sozan sa ic l , " l t you wanr rhe head, cut i toff and t irke i t . ' ' The monk then asked Master Seppó.Seppo pressed his st ick againsr the monk's mourh andsaid, . .I had been to See Tözan too. ' ' The monk wasspeechless.
N,{ASTER KIDO
I cannot breathe .
MASTER HAKUIN
Hard pressed.
I)LA/N S.{) l \ r7 ' Yes. f rom rhe rop of the hea, . l down to t l ' retoes-thoroughly rhrough.
NoTE: "The tl.rre.-' botlies of Bucldha" comprist-: (l) hos.shin, rl-reBr,rc ldha who rranscr .nds personal i r i ' anc l is ident ica l r ' , ' i rh "rea l i ry";(2) hc'tin, the Br-rri. iha as seen in his Pr-rre Lancl (the rcsr.rlr of manyec ' rns of re l ig ioLrs srr iv i r - rg); anc i ( l ) o i rn. rhe BrrtL lha as hr mirn i fest- .h imse l f for t}-re hencí i r t l f r r r le r r l ighrcnet l be i r - rgs ( i .c . . Sakr 'amuni ' t l . rehistorical Bu,.lclha). Tl"rc nronk may have inrcr.r.lc.' l ro lav ir. .1 r I i |1 rs61. I i . . l t l
t r . l1 . . ' l o r T ö : i r I r . To: l tn .* i l I l i \ { ' r ' I s t IHg( ,s rs t h l t t rhcqucs t ions one ra i ses n t r , r s t be ansr ' ' c rec l h i ' t tncse l f . The monk. wht tc]oes not r 'rntlerstan.] To:lt-t 's..t l ls\\ 'L.r. lrs l is So:ar-r arlcl Scppö ft lr themei rn ing . So: l ln rc l l s th t . n lonk th i r r i í he r r ' l rn ts to L t I l t ]e rs tand theother ' s n r in r i . I r c h i r s to cur o i f rhe t r rher ' s heat ] . He ' , r . i l l ach icvenorh ing t i ' r ro r - rgh i l rgL ln re n t . ln r l inqLr i r \ ' . Se pps s i l c r - rccs rhe monkanc l suggesrs rhar he h inrse l t , , . rn l i k . . the monk, . loes r - rnc le rs ranc lTo:an. Yet suc l - r r - rnders ran . l ing i s not the sc r r t o f th ing one a t ta ins byr r , rnn ing arounr l f rom master to master , ask ing tor rhe i r op in ion .
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What Is So Hard about l t?Master An:an lr 'ent into the mil l ro sce Master Seki-sh i r su . He sa id , " l r i s nor easr ' . i s i r l " Sek i sh i r s r - r sa i c ' I ,"What is so harc' l about i t l You fetch i t in a hottomlessL' 'owl and take it awav in a formless trar ' ." An;an wasspeec hless.
MASTER KIDI
t r ^ . 1 , . . . k . . . 1 . , , , , . - , , , , . .
MASTER HAKL IN
Shnrp-c r lge d u ork i r - rg ,
I ' L , . \ l \ S ,{ \ l \ ( j : Ah . a t tc r l r l r . l .híp . i r l .1 to i I . to sec a g le ln l o t l i ght i srea l l . v wor- rder f u l -1 ike b lessed ra in in the r .n ids t o f c l ro r - rght .
NOTE: Ar - r :an ' s sa f ing , " l t i s r - ro t easr ' , " i s no more than a casua lrenrark sa i c l ( )L r t o f po l i r cness . Sck i sh i t s r - r ans\ \ 'e rs sc r i c r r . r s l \ ' ,s r , rggest ing t l - ra t i i o r . rc i s a r ' , r r re o f thc nr r ( " t 'o t tomlcss , " " f r - r rmless" )
as1-lcct t lí things, one ci lt l takc t1l..nl ft lr u' l .r lrt tht.v i lre as tt( " e x i s t e n c c " ) : L . o r l l i r n d t r r r . . { c r i r - r g r v i r i r r h i s u r t i t u r l e , t h e r c i s n o -t h i r r g " h r r r . l " i n n r i l l i r r g ( ) r r l r v r r t l r c r t r r r r k .
lr l hís respt)Ilse, Ki. lo ( instelrc. l ot Atl: lr l ' rr 'I lo r ' , ' l ts spccchl. 'ss)h igh l l ' p ra i ses Sek i s l - r i t s ' . r ' s sav ing . Accor r l ing ro a Ch inesc l cge r . r c l , the. l ragon gr l t r ' ( to7 ' \ l {n l ( . , r r ) i s l r l ' r igh rv i r te r t l r } , i . C l r rps gather a t t l re to t r r o tth i s u 'a ter fa l l a r . r . l t rv to j r , r r l l ' r to thc top . T l . re c r r rp t l ra t s r rcceer l s inger t i r rg r . l rhc top oí t l l e r r .a i c r fa l l r l r r t l s i t l t t r i t 1 l t l r r ' c r fL r l . l ragt l r . r .K i t lo ' s c ( ) l .nn lcÍ1t sL lggcs ts that Sek i s l r i t sL l ' s i l nS\ r 'e r a ln l r l s t r c l r ches thctt ltrr. Haktrírl 's slrL'sr itr.rte plrrasc lr l l t i 1rl11i1.1 slr1. ir-rg l iktrr ' isc inlplySck i sh i t s r - r ' s p r r i se .
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Is That ALI?One of the monks had jr,rst come back f rom hispi lgr image when Mastcr Shokei askecl hin'r , "How longhave you been ar ' , 'ay from t l ' r is placel" The monk said, " l thas been tr lmost eight years s ince I left Your Rel 'erend."Shokei said. "What have yolr accompl ishedl" The. monkdreu, a c i r c le on the ground. Shoke i sa id , " l s that a l l l I sthere nothing besides i t1" The monk erased the circ le,bowed, and departed.
MASTER KlDÖ
If you do nor have a messenger boy at home, r 'ou cannor be agent leman.
MASTER HAKUIN
if your v iew is the same as vour re i rcher 's . then vou are only hal f asgood as yorrr teacher. I f yor-rr v ierv surpasses rhat of your teacher 's ,then yc l r . r are capable oí px551ng h is teaching on'
I)LAIN .\A\ ' /\ 'Q; S ince I am alreadv too o ld, f rom now on wor.r ld youtake care of th ings l
NoTE. The morrk. irr tlrawíng ti le circie . sLlggests i.ris r.rr-ri1erstan.iirrgo f 7 n l { o r k u ( . . e m p t i n c s s . . o Í . . r ' o i . l ' ' - t h e p r i I l c i p l e o íessencelessness). When aske.1 for somcthing "bei 'onc l" that , he erasesthe c i rc le. suggest ing that he is nc ' r t takcn in b l any pr inc ipr le (eventha t oÍ . .no -p r i n c i } . I e ' ' ) ' A l l t h c commct - t t s p ra i s c t l r e monk .suggestiÍ1g that he is a r' ' 'orthy pltr1ril ot his rnirste r.
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Remote Question, Close ReplyA monk car-ne ro bicl Masrer SeppO fareu'el l . Seppo askeclhim. "\\'hcre ', i ' i l l r,ou gol" The monk sair-I, " l ih"l l p"yMas te r K in :an a v i s i t . "
" l f K i r - r :an \\ 'crc ro ask vor-r , ' \ \ 'h i r r
of the Br-rc lc lh isnr atScppT's p lacc l , 'horr ' r ' , 'o l r l . l \ .oL l anS\\ ,er] ' ' . . Ií
hc asks n-re, Ir v i l l t e l l h i n r - " S r . [ rP1 r h i r ] r i n r .
Latcr Scptr- lo askct i Master K i 'oshÓ. . . \\ 'hat t l i t ] th is
ntonk t lo r ' , ' rong th i r t he shr.r , r l . l l .e bcrr tcn l" K l .TshT sa i r1," t - l e I ' r a s becn ro v i s i t K i n : r rn un t l i s ( - on rp l c r c l ver l . rar . tstet l . ' ' Sr .pp- l sa i t . l . , .Btr t K i r l :at ' r i s ír . r Sctchr.r L)ístr ic t{ i .e . . Íar a l r ' l t r . ] . Horr . car i l - rc hc r ' i s i tc t] ] ' ' Kyc)sho sa i t1 '"Have voLl l lot hcarr l of t l ' rc sat . ing 'Ansu'cr
a renrotequest ion r . r ' i r l ' r a c lose repl1. '1" Se pp6 r i ' i r l - r r l re u. .
\íASTER Kl t)()
V ' i t l - roLrr the s l ighresr f l ru l r .
N1.{STI]R I{,{KL IN
It is vcr l ' t r l l c anJ c()rrecr .
1 ' , l - . \/\ ' . \ . \) 1\(; ' l sha l l l )c\ ' r . r l ' ( ) rgut \ . t rLr r k inr l f l t r . r r r t r t r t rc .
N()TE: Sc1lpó is I . tot i t l rercsrCt l i l l r r ' | rat the t l l t l t lk r r ' t l r t l . l tcII K i t l : l r r - .rvcrc l - rc to bc askc. l a l .our "Seppo's RLrr l t l l r i snr ." l . r r t i . t l r t 'i I . t l t l re t l i a tc rcs l ro l1sc oÍ rhc r l t t l l l k t t l Sc111 l1r }11. , ,* . l f . Ht l r r ' c r ' c r , t I len r onk " c xh i r r r s t s " h i n r s c l t r i i t h un L l l u ) e c e s s r r r r ' " t l r o L r g l r f v i s i t " r t rK t . : a n . * ho h i r s . r n t ' a c t , n o r l ' r i n g t o . l r . r * , i t h t h c S eppo , n r onk s i t r n ,t i o t r . He t l r L r s i r r l l s i r r r o r l ' r e t r a p o f t h c " r c n r o t c r l r r e s t i o r r " l r r t l f l r i l s r t ra l r s ! \ ' c r $ ' i t i r u " . l t , sc rc l . i r . " N( r l r )a t tc r r r h r r r ( ) l r . . ( l i s cusscs , t l l c1 l r t l l . Ie r l l i s t l e r 'e r i t l a I l r ' ' . s t r l . j ce t ' ' ( t l í c t l r l l . c r s i t t i t l r l ) l . r r t l l I r r ' t t r . s i I lrhc peop l r r i ho t i r ]k t ( ) o l r c i ln ( ) thr r .
K i t lo ' s comn)e nt l rn t l H 'kLr i r r ' s s r . r l . s t i t r r rc phrasc sLrggest Kvos l rT ' spra i sc fo r re r l i : ing n f rc re f hc r ta l p111[ .1g11. , l i c s . As t . . , r rhe 1 . . ,1 , , i r . , s , r1 . -i r - rg , i t i s l ro t c lear u l ro i s rhank ing r r honr .
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Master Seppo bacle Master To:an fare',r 'el l . Tcr:an saicl,"Wl-rere are )'oll going noul" Su'p'rtrr5 said, "l an'r goir-rgback to the molrnta i r - r ."
"Which ll 'a,v i l icl r 'ou cornel"" l canic bv l l 'a ,v of Hien Mor-rnta in.""Ancl nor', ' u'hich \\'av arc vor-r hcaclecll"" l am heac l i r - rg for Hien Mor,rnta in.". .Therc.
is someone who c. loes not heac. l íor Hien Mourr-tn i n . Do you knou 'h im l "
" l t l o no t . ""Why c lo vrtr . r not knou' h i r r r l ""Hc has no f acc . ""S i r - rcc -vo l l r lo not k l lo\\ ' the tnan, hou'cau vorr knou'
t l - iat he is face Icss l"SeppCr rvas spe 'echless.
\íASTER KlDÖ
To see not r.vitl-r the t'., 'e.
\{ASTER Fi.AKL]IN
Tlrkc oíí C\.( ' r \ ' r h i ng. c . . ,mplcrc l ' ' cX |\oScr l '
i )LAl\ ' . \ . . \\ ' i \ t1, \\ 'hat c lcar u 'c . r rhrr l Br ight sk ies-no r . ' , ' i r rd. ncrc louc ls , no mist . Not a s ingle ra i . l . i t ' s l - ra i r t j i s torts thr ' r ' i s ion.
NoTE: TI le one . . r ' , ' ho does not heat ] fo r H ic r . r MoLrnta in ' ' i s Sep1 l ó ' s
. . t rue nature , ' ( l r t t t o r k r r - . . r lo th ingnr 'SS ' ' c l l . . . r ' c l i c . l ' ' ) ' S r '1 - l1 - lo , s l lns \ \ 'eÍwo l r l c l h i rve been per fec t hac l he ins i s tec l rhat hc . l i . l r - ro t knou ' . Butb y d e f i r . r i n g . . r r o t h i n g I l e s s ' ' ( t l r . . r ' o i . l , ' ) a s . . t a c e l e s s . ' ' S ep1 r ó n l a k e s ac . l i s t inc t ion bet r r . ccn thc r l -Sepp ö . r r .ho has a face ' an . ] t l l . . . . ' f acc l css 'r ) l l r - S c 1 r 1 r g - . t h t t s l . r r r r i t t " r h , r r h i . L r l t J r ' r i t . t l ' r . l i l r g i ' , . t r l y t l t r ' , r r t ' t i , a l .I r - r "Hor ' , ' c iu r vo l r kno* ' that he i s face less l " To:an t r i cs to shockScpPo 6r1 o t th , : "ph i losoph ica l t rap" i1111 ' . , *h ich hc l . ras f l l l c r - r .
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In h is rcsponsc. K idó. i r - rsteac] ot Scppo. attempts another ans\\ lerto tht 'qucstron "\\ ' l - rv r lo ' . . r not krtr* h iml ." but th is approac l - r isaiSo t()o specr.rlatir 't.. Here' Kic]o seenls to har'e ÍalIerl i,.. 't., th. s"n.,.t rap. l{ak ' i . ' s subst i r l r re phrase ant l r l . rc p la i . r saf ing sr-rggcsr rhcmoor'l of rnri.
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Master Ku:an canlL 'tr) sec \ ' lastcr Se ppo. Tl.rc rronrcnt l ' reenterct l the gate, Scpp5 grirbL.c. i i r int .t1t i sai . l , "V'f iat isi t l" Kr-r:ar-r r.r 'as cnl ighte nerl . He ruiscr l his l-rant ls, 'uvlrvingrhenr abor r t . Seppo s r r i . l , " ln u 'hur u 'a r ' r l i . l ro t r conre r ( )unclerstanc1l" Kr,r:an saic 'I . "V/har \\ 'avs are thcrcl" SeppTacknou le . lgc , l Ku- i r r r ' s cn l ighre r rnrc r r r ,
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Ku:an savs , "Mastc r . r 'o r r ha lc ne vcr chcr r tcc l rnc . "
N,,ÍASTER HAKL.IN
To borl ancl rvithrlrarr ' .
I 'L .A l\ S. . \) 1\(1, The rLrg l lc t l ntr . runra ins rrre rn l l , thc vusr scu is r lcc1.the p i l lar stanr ls , rhe thr . 'shol . l l i cs . !1r cves Jon' t sr i r r r . l an. l l l rv n()s(c loesn ' t l ie c ln i ts s ide . r 'or , r knorr ' .
NtrTE, The k t ran shr t r - r l r l L , c c le i r r in i r se l f . l r r K i c lo ' s con l r )c r ) r i l l t r lHakLr i r l ' s s t tbs t i t r . r t c phr i r se , K l t : l rn rh i r r l ks h i s n las t t ' r Sc1 lp ö f t l r I - r i src i r ch ing . The p la in sav ing s l rggesrs r l ' r c l t i l r L r re o f r l r c r 'n l ightcnc . ls ta tc oí rn i r l c l .
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N' lastcr Re i , , rn askec l r mc'rnk. "\\r l - rerc arc voLr gtr i l rg l" Thcnionk sa i t l , " l anr goi t ' rg t r r l t4astcr Se ppo's t r ' ' lace."
" l l - rave i r lncssage for ScppT.""Thcn p l ease g i ve i t t o mc .ReiuI-r rook o|Í h is shoe at l . . ] r l . r rerr ' i t in f ror ' r r ot the
n ronk , r r ho rhcn l c i r .Sep' 'po askec l the rnonk. "\\ 'hcrc huve tor-r cr . r t t ' t t t rot 'n l"
The n lonk saíc] . ' .Fron.r
Rc i r ' rn. ' '" l s H i s Re i ' e renc l uc l l l ""Hc aske r l n l e t o r t l n l ' a n l c s s l l g c t o ) ' ou . " Sa -v i ng tha t ,
the rnonk tocrk otf his sh,-rc an.l threrr it it 'r frcrt-tt r,rtSeppó. Seppo r ' r 'as s i lcnt .
\4ASTER KIDT
I take vor.r r con.r ing f rom aíar into cons i . lcrat iotr .
\ lASTER H,{KL ' IN
Vhcn vor . r come once aga i r - r , i r i s io r n t r o r 'hc r rcasot t rh i r r r r l re nr i s t ir l r in o f Ro Mounta in i rn r l thc t i r l e o f Sekko Rrvr r .
1' l - . . \ i \ \ . \) '1\t i , \{/ i rhor-r t th inkrng of thc vcrv lorrg r l i s tuncc, ' , 'ouh, lnorc. l rne r . r ' i th vour v is i r . Afrer srrch a long jor-rrnc\ ' , ) 'ou trust l .eexhar.rsrec l . P lcasc rcst t 'ourse l f for a rvhi le .
NoTE, Rc iun anr l Seppo rnust huvc L,eert c lose f r icr . r . l s . Thc "shocrnessage" sernrs t() l .e Rc i r rn 's restr icr icrn- i rcc \\ 'uv of grcct i r rg Scppo.The nronk u ho r , rnhes i tar ing l r co l rvevs Rc i r - r t r 's "mcssagc" a l )|e i t r\ rLrbc no lcss c lLra l i f ic . l t ( r e nrcr thc s1. i1 ip- f 1.c "- . l roe-throu ing c l t r l . " r r fthc nvo.
Kit.ló strggesrs thlrt Se111.ó. irrsrelri l ot hirtirlg tl-rc nrtlnk |tlr l.ris"rur lencss," lc ts i r go ar rhrt . Hakr.r i r r 's suh,st i r r r t , : phr l rsr , i r - rsLrggest i r lg thc v is i t to a tar l i l iar l - . ince . ccht cs thc nrtrot l t ' r t Rc i t rn 's..nressage'' to Se ppó' Tl-rc plain sar' ir 'rg sr.rggcsts Scp1ló's trntlcrstl intl-ing of Reir-rn's "ntr'ssage" ar.r.1 his ap!.recilt iot.t for thc i l)otrk's u'av ofconvef i r - rg i t .
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Perfectly Imperf ectC) t r c . j l l r . l v ías r c r Choke i i l e l . . l l r i s l t c r t t r c i r r t l r c h i r l l .\\' l-rcn cvcrvonc l-ratJ glrthe.rc.l. I're ,.1rugget{ orrt u nronkant l sa i t l . "Lct r - rs a l l b,orr t r r th is rnonk." Thcn hc a. l . lc . l ,"\X 'hnt nrr ' l i ts hu-s t l - r is n ' ronk, rhnr i r l l of us shotr l t l l .enrar lc f t r l .ou ' to l - r i r -n l" Thc pgeplg u 'cre s i lcr-r t .
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L) l r i ts t rc l r is l l ó i ] t r . ] . lh i r I i r legc l l t l l r r r ' I ]Lr . i . i i r l r r r ' l . r . l r r lc . . i i tatc . i t t l r l t r 'er lI t rng t i r lc w rthor,r f nt t l r in ing cnl ighte nr le nt l sar i r r r let l i rur ion fL.r tcnl<al/ra i lcons l . As nrr . rch i rs l ' re pract icec l , rhc t rL l rh {ot Brrc l t lh isnr lcJ i t ll )or i )ppc i t r . l t i s nrrr thcrc. "Thc rvrn" Iof BrrJ . lh isml cannor hcatta i ner i .
í,L,.\/\ s,'\} l\.(j ' Er.err'rhirrg irl thc lttl ir.erse (irr rhc hear'crrs-thcsLrn, the moon. star , r l i r rc l , c lou. l , r i t in . .srrorr ' , ha i l , misr; on rheca r rh -moun ta in . r i v c r . l . l a i n . t u r r l c . . n r kc . g r i t s s . . l u . t . man , heas r ) .cac l ' r i r r rc l cverv rh ing emirs gre i i r l ighr . Conbei is Gonbei arrd has h ismer i ts . Tarosaku is Tarosakt l ant . l has h is mer i rs , Osan. otrmc, ír iec ll .ear l p i rsre. ]eíror 'crs-cach as i r i s . i s perfect as i t i s ; norh ing islTr lss l ng.
NoTE; As the koan's t i t le suggesrs, i f the monk * 'ere "pt ' r fct ." hewor.rltl not b'e vu'orrh bouing ro. Ir is nor thar one shor-rlc' l r.r'orsl 'r ip the" impr. ' r fect"; r lhar n ' rat ters is thar evervrh ing is * ' l . rat i r i s . and shoulc ln ( ) r l . c t h , r r r , ' h r , r i ' t . , r r l t c ru i s e .
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A r-run nla. le lr giít of a chit la i .orr ' l tc l )víaster Rei jLr. Rei irrhelci the bow,l r-rp ancl saicl, "V'l-rere rloes it comc frcrnrl"The nurr sr ir l , " l t con-ics fronr Tci L) istr ict." Rcitusmashc. l the bou' l . The nun u'a-. s l- ,eechlcss.
l\'{ASTER KltX-)
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I t i s i l p in rhat th i s Vcss t l r l , . t t s n( ) t rna()L tn tc r s ( )n) ro l l c u l to c , i l lapprec ia rc i t s v i r l r r c .
I 'L.,\/\ ' \..\) l\( i; \ 'or.r sav t irar sr-rch rr.rr le l .e har irrr is su if t, s lr lrr lru 'o rk i r rg l Yor r t l ' r rnk BuJ t lh i snr i s s r - rch u . lu ruL . , s t r ip j l l t i r ing r rs t l r r t lYou ' re n ' rong-Br , r t l . lh i sm i s n( ) t on l ) ro r rghI rcss u l r . . t - r c .
NOTE, \ t 'hv shcru l . l onc l . rh i l c , sop l . r i : c on thc "csscncc l cs - . essc t . t cc" r . fthir-rgs (nrri or krr) rr 'henc\.cÍ ont is askc.l .r sitr-r i lIc t1tlcsriLr l l] Therc isnoth ing \ \ ' rong in rhc r - run ' s comnronsensc i lns \ \ ' c r t c t Rc i i r r ' s q r , res -r ion or1 thc or ig in o f the bc l r l l . Hor levcr . as thc co l l lncnts suggcs t .the nun shou ld not havc [ .ecn rakcn a l .ack l - r Re i jL r ' s "sht r ' , , , . " \ \ ' c reshe less obedícnt at ' i t] sirrrplr morc t-t itt l tr lt1. shc rr 'otr]..] hlrr.crecogni:eti rtr. leness for rr l-rat it is antl rcsl-ron.1. ' .1 ir-r uceor. lrrncc.
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i '1,..\1\'S.-\) I\ '( l: Sprcutl i t 'rg t.tr-tt rhc sltcves of rhc rrtorrk's gttwn. saf ir-rg,"T l - r i s n t t r r t - r )L l t g( ) \ \ 'n i s l r l so a g i f t f ront n t r ' . i ca r n l r s tc r . "
Nt ' tTE \ \ 'hc . rhe r r r . .k . l cc l i r . r cs L r .g t ' t ' s g i f r , L ' .go res[ . r1 r111{s 'n . i1 l ' 1r r r r r . suggt ' s t ing r l ra t rhe nronk i s over lv l r t ruchcc l ro h i s nro ther ( i rn r l( \ ) l r \ \ ' . l t i e r l r l \ r r ' l r i r r r . r . l l ) . T l t . . r n , ' r r k i . r c i , , . ( i r ' n r r l t l t q , . r ' . g i l r t r tt r ( ]L l sc rs i s s i r l l 1 l l e l l t l t l s} l t l t l ta t l c t l r t s . l . L t t \ \ ' cÍt 'hC s i r r l111c l t t l . l s} r r l t . t -fa l re( )L rs i | r i r sonrc$ hat l css rcs r r i c rc r l l r iume r . hc c t r r r l c l , u ' i th thcs iunc c r rs iness o f nr in i l . i re ccp l ig l r s s c l l .
K i r io in r l . l i es t l - r r r t L l r - rgo ' s "bc forc . r r r t l r c r ' s l . i r r i r " ( lucs r i ( )n i s at rup . . . \ f1 . '1 ' l r l l . a l l t l re nr r ,nk uunts i s fo ucur t l r c t rouscrs nr r r r i c l . ) h i sI l t t l t l l c r l l l l ( . i r ( ) l . c i c f t l t l t . , l l e . Ír l r i l i s . l l t l r r c r ' c r . K i t l t r i r l s t l s t rggcsrs rh l t rhr r J rh t nronk l .e cn o f t r ,ug l rc r n)c t t ] f , j r c u r , r r l . l n ( ) t l ) i l \ . c f l ] l e r - r i r - r r r ,L 1r ' rgo ' s r r . f . HrkL l i r - r ' s s l r l . s t i t r . r te phr i r sc
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}"íASTER KlDt
To bow ancl u'ithdrar','.
MASTER }IAKL ' IN
A wh i re horse among recd f lou 'e rs .
PL',\ l\..S..\}. i \C. l too am one amc]Í1g the Br.r.. lc lhas.
NOTE: Daiba (Arl 'at ler.a) \\ 'as thc t l isci1-. ' le oí t l-rc phi lt lsopherNeglrjr-rna (cnLl oi tfr. ' sccon.l ccntLlr) ' .{.t). ). r lre L)riginirtr)r of thcSun.vata ( "vo id" ) schoo l o i Budc lh i s t thor - rg l ' r t . The rc rm "Da iba sec t "re fc rs ro c lne oí thc brar l ches o f rhc Sr - rnr 'a r i t schoo l ; l l n lo re commonn lmr (o f Ch i r . r cse c r r ig i r . r ) fo r th i s s rc t i s "Sar r r t r r scc t . " Zen. in i t sc loc t r i r ra l i r spec t . i s g rc r r t l v in f l r " re r . rcec l b r Nagar j r - rna ' s ph i losophy,r , " 'hose cssence i s thc rc jec t i r - rn o f rhe r r f f i rn r l r r i vc -negut ivc n io . le o f1g15ot ' l i ng an . l rhc i . l c r r r i i i ca r i , . rn r r t s r rnrs . r r : r r l i th n i rvanu (or " theu 'or l . l as i t i s " n i th "e n l ightu ' rnrent" ) . ln h i s s l l ing , LJnnror r"pra i scs" the L)a i [ .a scc t ph i loso l .h] l .u r r r the s r r le t i tnc la l s a t raph l c lenran. l ing t i rn t h i s l i s tu rers " r r sk sonrc r l r i r rg" a l . t ru t i t . Thc nronkf i r l l s in t t r thc t r r t1 . r r r t t l i r s l i s i r . r r r l r c "cssc l r .e t r f the l ) r r i t -a tcuch i r rg . lnh i s i rns rvcr to thc l l l onk . L ' r - r r r ron in rp l ig5 t l r r t no n l r t te r hou " in rp , . r r -
ta I ) t ' ' \ \ 'o r ( ]s i lÍc . t ( ) bc r l rker l i r r L . r ' r r ' t l r . l s ( i . c . . t t l L l se thcn) fo rabs t r . l r c t specr r l i r r i t l r l ) i s I l r c . . ] t r r r ' cs ! ' ' s t l l t c t l í l l t r t - t l l t r l cx i s rc I - t t c .
In his cotlnrurt Kit lo repl ltc,. 's r l-rc t-r-ronk itncl that-rks L'nnt,.rn forh i s teach ing . H lk r . r in ' s s l rbs t i r r r r . 'p i r r r su \c . .n rs ro sLrggcs t thar r ' ,hcnthe en l i ch tenc . l onc uses uor t i s . therc i s r . ro t l i s t inc r ion L ,e tween"r ighr" L l sagc i ln ( l " \ \ ' rong ' r - r sagc t " l i ke a rvh i te horsc anror rg rvh i tef lo r , .e rs" ) . T l ' re p la in sav i r . rg sLrggcs ts thr r t rhe monk, bc ing h imse l fBuddha. c ' l oes not go \ \ ' rong. anJ rhr - rs nc i rher c lo u 'e .
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The Same?Master Unmon asked rhe head monk. " l s the ear th , w i thits mountains ancl r ivers, the same as ) 'ou, or is i r. ] i f fe rent í rom 1 'ou l , ' The monk sa id . . . I t i s the Same. ' 'Unmon sa id . . .The l i fe oí a l l c reatures . such as moths ,bugs. an. l arrts, is i r the sanre aS \ 'ours. or is ic difÍerentfrom y'ours?"
"The same."Unmon sair l , . .\t 'h1' i l re \ 'oLl conrradíct ing yor-rrse l i1 ' '
MASTER KlDT
The hea. l monk's tongLre har-rgs out I in sr-rrpr ise]; hc srands asit lc.
MASTER HAKL ' IN
The coral brarrches rcílect rhc moon.
/ ' L .A i \ ' . sA) l \ t j : Low'c r ing rhc hcad, r r ' t r car i l tg rhrec s teps , sh t t r - r t ing ,"Aw,esomel Ar'" 't 'somel "
NOTE: The nronk r - rnc l c rs t Jnr l s thc 1 .y11111P11 o f " r - rn i tv u i th nar r r re"on l ) 'as a r r a l . s r r r rc r concepr . L . lnnror r r r ses .s in rp l c log ic ro , . l r i r . c rhcn lonk t l t t t oí h i s ph i losoph ica l s ra tc c l f n l i r r c l . Thc n lo r - rk i t l cn t i f i c sh imsc lí u ' i th l .o rh phr ' s i ca l o l . j cc ts l r r r c l 1 i r ' i r rg be ings . Hc th t rs c l l r i t r l sto bc a n tounta i | r anr l a hug i r t th r ' . s l tme t in te .
K i r lo ' s comnlent ln r l thc 1 ' r l a in s lv ing suggcsr thc c f f cc r i vcncss o fLJnnlorl 's t lc l l tnlcl l t . Conl1lar. 't1 rr ' i th t1rc r l l t lI lk 's srrperf icíaI r.tr lt lcr-s tx l t r l i r tg , Haku in ' s su l . s t i t r r t c phrnse suggc-s ts the l . r ' i r " rc ip le o f un i rvof cvcrything in u morc . lel icarc an.1 protor-rn.l ' ,r,rr1..
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Where Do You Come From?Master Llnmon asked a monk. "\\ 'here hirve _vou comefrom]' ' The monk saic]. . ,I l . rar 'e just returned írom ap i lg r image I to r l re shr in ts oí thc Zcn 1 . . t1 ;1 .16hs] . ' . L . r rnronsa id , "You are foo l ing me." The monk sn id , " l rea l l y c l idtake a pi lgr imagc." Urrmorr saiJ, "\ 'otr . lo nor even keeprhe f i r ' e prohíb i r ions . ' ' The monk r i ' as specch less .
MASTER KIDŐ
l har 'e jL rs t ent r 'Ícc] the Br rc ]dh is t o r t ]c r .
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NOTE: Ur - rmon sL lggcs ts rh . r r i r . r i r i s 1 - i1 .1 i111.1 .e the monk kec l ' t s on l ,vthe fo rn l (bor i ' i r lg o r . re ' s hea . . l in f ront t l í t l re pat r ia rchs ' shr i r l cs ) ' T l . r tmonk. *' l-ro cloes nL)t unr' lcrst itr-rr l this sr-rggesrion, ir-rsists r l-rat he JIJtake a p i lg r in rage. Tr r r l - r i s Unnron rns\ \ ' c rs thar thc rnonk. loes notc r . t 'n kec1 . l thc | i r ' c B t rc ]c]h i s t p ro l - r ib i t i r . l r . r s ( t lo r t t l r l rke l i íe . I l | ) t to t l l keu . 'ha t i s r ro t g i l t ' r - r ro onc , not t ( ) conrnr i t a . l L r l te rv . not to tc l l l i es . anr ln o t t o r l r i n k i r r r o x i c i r n r s ) , s ugg c s r i n g r h a t t h e monk i s l v i n g .
K ido sLrggests t l ru t the monk has l carnc . l fn ,nr L . lnmon uhut rea lpr r rc t i cc l r )cuns . The conrn ' rcnts o f Hakr r in (s r r l . s t i t r . r t c phrasc r rnr lp la i r - r sav ing) , hor l cver . assunrc l . ' l c f i i r r r r l r t i r r - r t l c , sL rggcs t ing thcre i sr , : r t l l l not l r ing \ \ ' r ( ) r ) ! u i th rhc nronk .
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Master Sekkerr asked a rr-ronk, "When ).ou srop ar theforest in the el ,ening, whcre wi l l you leave in rhe morn-ingl" The monk said, " l have never pracr iced Zen."Sekkerr sair, l , "You wi l l go to hel l a l ive." The monk sait lnothing.
MASTER KIDO
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The p la in sa,v ing descr ibes rhc actr . ra l s i tuat ion of rhe p i lgr im, thusprov id ing the answer to Sekken's f i rsr quesr i , . tn; ' ,vhereas the sr-rh-sr i ture phrase sL lggesrs rhr . su i rable response ro "Yolr wi l l go ro hel l . "K ic lo 's response is a pra ise oí Sekken.
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Qet Out!Master Sekken askcd a monk. "V' l-rere hnve 1'ou conrcf rom recent ly l ' ' The monk saíd. . .N ö D is t r i c t . ' ' SekkenJraggeJ a b'o1 to his s ic le. s lapped him once. ancl shor-rtecla t h im, "Get out ! " The monk was speech less .
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I have pract iced here ancl there, b,ur rhis is the f irst t ime that lhavemet as great a masrer.
MASTER HAKLIIN
The eyes of a sage.
I )L ,{ / \ S ,A\ ' í \q ' I har 'e heard rhat }ou i ] rc i ] g reatmet yoL l , l knou ' } 'ou i l re exceptíona l .
(Or . l v i th cer ta in masters : "1 'n r sor r t , I 'mret reat íng. )
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NoTE. The n-ronk rrra1.rea l l ,v har 'e conle f r t ln l N ö Distr ic t , [ . r r t h isu 'ay o i answer ing seenls to be i r res l - ,onsc ro Sckkcrr 's c l r rest iorr , norto Sekken's qr-rest. Thc monk thr-rs appcars ro t e r-ro nrlrrc tlrnn arnec l iocre pracr i t ior-rer . S ince the nronk . iocs nor rc l l t r t l i rccr lv r t jSekkcn. Sekken avoi . ls the rnonk an. l insrea. l l ' r i ts thc ch i l t l anc ldri ', 'es hin'r or-rt.
A l l thc . r)nrmcnts tct rh is koan sLrggesr Sckkcn's grcarrrcss. l tshoLr lc i not bc assunle.] . ht l r r 'er .er . r l rat thc n l t l t lk 's l l l l swcr i r r i tsc lí is\\ ' roÍ]g. \{1hcr l L)1)c has coIt le írot l t N ö L) isrr icr ' i r i s t l r - r l l ' l l l l t t l r l l l t ()sav that c . rnc h i ts conic f ronr Nc i Distr ic t .
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Kanbunko [a Buddhist writer] asked a monk, " l haveheard that vou lecture on the thought of Toron [a textconsisr ing of Íour treat ises on Maha1 ana doctr ine writtenby S ö j ö ] . I s that t rue] ' ' The monk sa id . . .Yes ' ' ' Kanbunkosa id . . .Accorc l ing to J ö ron ' there are four th ings that donot change. Is thar so l " "Yes , " rep l ied the monk. Kan 'bunko then hít the teacup and broke it , sa1' ing. . .Does
this one change or not l" The monk was speechless.
MASTER KID.)
l f 1 'ou c lo nor exper iencc a rh i r rg . l c ru u . ' i l l r . ro r ga i r . r a b , i t o f u . ' i sc lon . r
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Co or,rt u' ith raise,. l i ist.
l ,LÁ i\ S.{\ /\L; ' Qreat , great l V ' l . r i l c ) .oL l ' rc i r t i r , p ick uP t l re rr . rbbishtoo.
NOTE, Cicnerallv sp,-'rrkir-rg. thc "fotrr r.rncl-rangeahles" rclate to tl-rtBu. l r lh is t lau ' . A l thoLrgh thc .Jor(rn belongs t t r thc Srrnvar l ("r 'o i r l ")school Lr f t l ro l rght . in r i 'h ich thc i . lco qf "unc l . r lngcahlc sLr l .sranct" isr t . . i r ' . . t r ' . l . t l t . ' r . . . r r 1 ' r in . . i1 . ]1 ' ( ) l ( ' i sÚ l ) \ ( , lÜ(s l )c i s i t i r r i r su l l i \ ) I l l ( ' t l l i l . l l ]pnc i s l i l r l . l e tp l .e fukcs ip hr ' . Sccr l rg t l te t cucr - t1 . l . r c t rk . h r r ' , r ' cur - r t l t crnonk c len l eh i tnge; 1c t , I cc t l r r ing r ' tn thc " r ,n rch l t tgc i r l . l es . " l rou ' car . ,l re l r . l r l l i t i t ] ThLrs ' i r l l . r c l rk i r rg t l t c te l te t I1 . ' K : r r l l . L rnkó l r c t t r i t l l r ' l . r c l rksthe nr , . r r rk ' s "ph i losophr ' . "
l t l I r i s c t l t l t n t c r l r . K i . i t l e x p | 111115 t h c . . r r ' t l r k i r l g ' ' ( r . l r f t t t l e t i t . I l ) t l ÍKar l l . L r r l k ö ' s l r c t . T l r c t l l ea t l i l - tg r . l f H l rk t I i r l ' . s s r ' Ibs t i t t r r c l .h r l t sc i s t l t l tc leur . Thc l . l a in sav ing . i i s rcgar . l . t l r c " t l c i r t - t ing" o f r l ' r c l r c r ln . ]rcspon l l s r ' , i th e n l ightcnc( ] conrn lo l r se nsc to r l r c t cue u1. - l . r c r r ) . ings t t L l i l t t ( ) l t .
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Extraordinary?One day Master Rakuho heard an atrendanr say, "Thereaching adr, 'ocated b.v Sö j ö [ i 'e. ' the .Shironjü'school oíMahavana thought] is real lv extraordinary." Rakuhosaid. . .Sój ö is extraordinar1' . bur in a rvord. he did notunderstand our founder I i .e,, he did not unclerstandZen]," The attendant \\ 'as speechless.
\,íASTER KlDt
Bear the grass, fr ighten rhe snake.
MASTER HAKL h*
Open rhe mor.r th, arrd the guts are revealct l .
P l ,A l\ SA) l \( l ' Excuse the contpar ison u ' i th thc four.rc ler .
NoTE, This koan is s in.r i lar in meanir-rg ro koan J1, "Words." Borh ofthenl r r 'arrr l rg l l inst thc conf us ion of Zen rr . i th BLr. ic]h ist phÍlosophy.no n)atter horv subl in.re sr-rch phi losopl . r l , mav bc. K ido 's commenrst lggests the et fccr (or . . r r 'ork ing ' ' ) oí Rakr.rho 's say iI lg, whcreasHakr.r in 's sr . lbst i r r . r re phrase anc. l t | re p la in sar ' i r lg reír . . r to the phi lo.sophicr l l r mir-rc lec l nrorrk 's ignoranie of Zcn.
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WhereDo theBuddhas Qo?A monk askecl Master Nan-in. "Where clo al l rheBudclhas gol" Nan-in srr ic l , " l f they c1o not go to hear,en,they go to I 'rel l ." The monk sir id. "Hou' about YourReverendl" Nan-in said, "Don't vou know r ' , 'here this oldman u' i l l end upl" The monk n'as abour to speak u'henNan-in Struck I.r in 'r on t lre mouth with hís st ick. Then hecal lec ' l the monk to come nearer arrc l sai ,-1, "Actual l l ' , rr . ,ushould have clone ir ," ancl hit him once again wirh hiss t i ck .
MASTER KIDO
The rnonk, insread of be ing confusec l . looks r . r ' i th the eve, points r ' , ' i rhthe f inger [at Nan- in l .
MASTER HAKL'IN
\ 'ű Distr ic t is st i l l a l l r ight . l t i s rhe people south of thc r i r 'er r t ' l rosr-rffe r the most.
(Or, u ' i th certa in nr i r . \ tcrs: T inrc lva i ts lor no rnun.)
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NOTE. When asket l . . . \Úhere wi l l Nan- in cr-r t l urp l ' ' the n lonk shc l t r l . . ]strike. Since l-re does not i lct su'iftl l 'error.rgI.r. Nlrn-in hits hínl Ír.rstcatl.The f i rs t l . r i t i s thus thc l l t rsrr 'er to the c1ucst ion. The sccont l h ic is íorrrot h i r t ing Nar.r- in.
Kido's tCSp91159 .sLlggcsts tl.re ..hcrt'. 1ltlrr' ' ' ltnsrr'cr to rhc tlLlt 'Sti()Íl"Wherc wi l l one errc l upl" l u 'hereas t l - rc p la in sry ing respon. ls ro rhequest ion thror , rgh the r . t r . l inarv l i rng l r lgc t f comnron serrse. Thc t i rs t'u'ersior-r of Hakr-rir-r's substitute pl.rrase sLrggcsts rl-rar tl.re monk srarterlwell (in "Ho"v al.out Yor-rr Revercn.il") t'r-rt cr.rtle.i bltl ly (ir-rhes i tat ing to ansv" 'cr Nan- in 's qrresr iorr) . Thc secor-rc l vers ion inrt ' r l iesthe n.ronk's failr-rre irr missing the nronrenr of response.
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i t t h . r t \ ' L ] L l a r r l t ) t ]Sc . t ) í i s i r r ha t " . . , . i , .t ight l \\ , 'hv c l t l 1.o l r Sa\ ' . t lo ' ] ' ' SI l i r l tcr ' rkr ' ó sa i t ] . . . I f
l . rc is l lt r r - re Zcn mt lnk. he . ' . loc.s not lack s l r l t at l . l sa l rec. ' ' Kísűorr lerer l h is atre ' r . l i r r - r r ro rc l l thc nrr . r ' rk in ch.rsc of cc,oL-i r - t g t o p repa re on l r p l a i r t r i h i r c g rL r c l f o r rh . r ncx t . l av .
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(onlY rr i rh certa in nr ls tcrs) Tr\ \nut(h thc f r ro. l t r r r r r r onc strrr- r . ing.
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Thc r . rngratefLr l u ' i l l nor g i r .e r . rp o lc l c le t ts .
/ '1 , , . \ i \ \ . . \) l \ ' ( ) ' Dor-r ' r I .c conct i rer l .
NOTE. TIle sto11.of thc rr'ottl lttl i l lrpc.lr5 it-t 1.lx11 l oí (lcrlJal 'Srrl i;crrFJr , r , r : A * ' .man uas s i t t i r rg neai thc sc,r t of BLrc l , . lha i . , Jcc1. 1-q,1. , -tett l1.I ltt it ' t . l . N{tlnjLl, rhc BLr. l .] l l l r . . lí tr. i .s. lt l tt l , ct ltI]t l t l t l t get hcr t.,trr cltl t c t . c t l r l t c l l t1 l l l t t i t l r l . l c s1 . i1c l r l l I r i s c t f . . , r t s . RLr t \ , { r . l r r l r ó . l i l .o t l I r i s l l t r r ' ao i lo rvc r rank , j l r s r snu! - r [ rc j h i s f ingcrs once , l i r r . i the , , r ,omurr u .ok , ,trr.rnr her contcnrplarit.n anc] stor.,,. l lr l-r.
Mt ln jL I ' s i r l a l . i l i t l ' t ( ] l l r ( ) t I s t thc t r . t . l t - t ' t i i t t í r t l t l l l . re r c t l t l r t t t l l l l l t t i t l t lr r - r l ry . . i .e i t l . te rpre te t1 as i r t l r l1 ' to r r . l l r . . ] thc . . t r l tnsccr l t l ent l l i . ' , Monjür l rvc l l s i . the "h igher sphercs" u[ .o 'e a . . ] l .e1 'on . i thc " t r i ' i a l i r i c s " , - r rthc .a t r - r r r r i rea ln . r o f c i i . sc r l r r l e f f cc t . , { l tho .gh rhc "h igh- r . .ke t l "Monju ar r t l t l re
. . l c l r r ' ' ra t rk . : . l ' ' ! íor r l t ' ó . , . i . r l . . r " ' anre i i i t - . , | . c i , . ' g. .en l ighter l c t l , ' '
i t i s , l r I te r a l l . \ í t l r . r l r ' o a11( l r lo t Mt l r l j r r r r 'h t l se cn l ig l l i .enme nt i s o f rca l "u ' c t rk ing . "
T} . rc c l i sco t r rsc hc t r r . ccn Sh inrer lk r 'o ant . l K i sü i s s t ln le r r ' I l a t r t t l c l c l t r 'l r s ( ( n l s . l r o r , , c r . ' r . r l r . r t r h c 1 . r . r l . l c r l i . r r r r t r i h r . . r h c r S h i r r t . , n k t . o t ( l i .t h c r t o r r ' o f t h L ' u ( ) n r i l n \ ) r n ( ) t : I t i . l t n rwc r ( \ l l ) r r r mc i u r s " t r t r t l r i t t g " r r r. . r 'o id ' ' ( i r r the sense c l í . .n r r I l l rnc l r 'o i c ] ' ' ) . Rcac t i r - rg th t rs , SI l in tc i l k1 ' c
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irrlplic-. rht. toto] ÍejcctiOn of r', 'c.. 'rtjs, srrgg.:stir-rg tl-rnt ft.r rh.--enl ightenec l . even the koar.r i ,s superf luor. rs . K isrr docs not approvc ofShir . r tenk1ó 's . ' loosct ' tcss ' ' anc1 pror 'es h is poinr L.r ' f ec. l ing h in l p. ix111.,r'hitc grr.rel.
A l] thc co lT ' l t l ]e ntS t .c l ro K isü.s rcpÍooí c l f S l r i l . l tc l lkr 'o . Shintenkyoin h is " looscness" takes a$ir) 'even that nhrch is mosr nccessar l ' . Inhis concei tec l " f ree. lon.r" hc is , rhr , rs . , rcrr . ra l lv roo "t ishr ."
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Halfwa_,*A rnonk came tO bic] farer i 'e l l to N{astcr. Sekiso. Sekisóaske. l hirn, "\\ ' i l l vou go bv lancl or bv seal" The monksuic i . "\\ 'hen I see a bolr, I shal l go b1' boar. V' l -rcn I scclan . l . I sha l l go bv lan . l . " Sek i sO sa ic l , " l th ink you rv i l lf in.] i t l r l . i t c] iífícrr1t halt l ia l ' . ' ' TI-rc morrk wl ls s i lcnt.
)\{,\STER Klt lÖ
In c t l l c rgcnct . i l l l t i gÍc l l r . ]a r lgc r , l r r r ] l r ro r fo rgc t r r ' i l a t l ' t l t r t t l l . . ] l r l e .
\{ASTEII . I IAK( IN
I ' ,r ' i l l neve r forgct r hcsc u orr ' ls.
1)L ' , \ I \ \ , , \ ) '1 \ ( i . I ) l t t t i I rg or l c ' s l r c i t . l . s l t r ' i t rg . . . \ . cs . l r i ' i l l r r t l r í t l rgc t . ' '
NoTE ' Th is koar - r s t r i kes a s in r i lu r note to rhe prev ioLrs koan. In h i spre tensc oí . . sp t l l r tancoL l s respo l l se to the s i r t ra t ion as i r p rcs r ' t . t t si r se lÍ , ' ' rhe n- ror lk i s o r ' c r t r l l av ing h i s Zc t ] . Bc i r lg t rce t ]c les t - t r l t c r fucccssit_t in.rpl-v rr.raking nc't plans. I i on. 'gocs r 'rn a tr ip.. one sinrplv hirsto c lec i c le r ' ' ' he ther ro go b .1 ' s t 'n or b t ' l an . ] ' There i s r . ro th i r - rg r , " , rong ínn iak i r . rg p lans . p rov ic led one i s nor tukcn in b ' , ' one ' s oun c l cc i s ions .
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Master Meisho \\'ent tO Mastcr Tltn. Tan saíd, ..Ir 'r learrr-irrg [Ze'n], you har,t ' to go ro ir plx." even if there is onlyonc n la l l there. \ 'or . r har.e t . l gO e\ 'en i t on l r ' l ra lÍ a man isthcre . ' ' }vÍc ishó sa i . ] '
. .Lct Lts not ask l - r l ' . 'our t l . re 1 l lacc u ' i th
onc man. but rr ' I . rat is the 1.|1tg rr ' i th h.r lía t r r i rn] ' ' T i rn u 'ass i lenr . But he later sent a vo l rng c l isc ip le to ask lv lc isho.Mcishó sa i t] , . .So \ ,o l l \ \ 'ant | t l knorr ' r 'vhat ha l t a n.ran is]Yc l t t t oo r ' l r e ( ) l ) l \ ' 1 . l a r i t t g r y i t l t r n t r . l . "
MASTER KII).)
Tan says. " l nrr , rst ho*' to thunk vor.r ."
\íASTER HAKL-, lN
lnclee.l a great nrirster.
I 'L;\ lN S. ,\\ ' l \ ' ( i : Even one l ikc mc hccrtntcs a tcacher of men ant l gor ls .
NOTE: Ir . r h is sav ing, Tan at lvocarcs rhororrghncss in prrrsr . r ing "rherr ' l t t ' . ' ' I{orr 'er ' t r , l r i s refercnce to. .ha]í l l n lat l ' ' ( i .e ' , an in-rpcrfcctnrasrcr) provc.s thut hc is taker.r in l . r 'eva l r rar ion. Tarr fa i ls to look ntIr imsc l f . l r . r h is ansr ler to Tan's r l i sc ip lc . Mcisho suggcsrs rhat r l . re r->r ' rcrvho occr . r l - r ics l ' r i rusc l f r i i rh "rncasrrr ing" orhcrs is h imsc l f no n)()rcrh l rn "hal f i i mirn. '
Kít lo .s co l l l l l ) c l l t sL lggcs tS T l i t l ' s acce l . t i l l l c c o f Mc ishó ' s re l . t Ike .l {ak t r i l r ' s s t t l . s t i t t t t c l l l l r l l se i s a prar :c o f l víe i shó . r . , 'hc rc i t s t I le p l l r i r - rsuy i r rg seenrs to suggts t that Tan. l . c ing h i rnsc l f a Zcr r n lns rer , s l rou l . lr ca l i : c that conr l - r iu ' i sons ln t l cv r r luar io l l s a rc o f r t r r r . r s r .
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I w iu Ha+,e Norhírrg to Do *uíth BuddhaA nronk knockecl on Masrer Kakr-rr in 's c loc'rr. Kakurinasker l . " \{ 'ho i s i t l " The rnonk sa id , " ,{ monk." Kaku-r ir-r saic l . "Evcr-r i f BLrcir lha conles. not ro mention a rnonk.I n ' i l l havc ' r - ro th ing ro .1o r i i t l - r h in r . " T l ' re monk sa ic i ,"V'h-v u' i l l vor.r har-e trot l-r inB to t lo u' i th Brrclc lha i f heconre sl" Kirk ur in sai . l , "Tl-rcrc is no room f rrr ) r)u tosta\,. "
N1.{STER KIL)O
Thc . . ' l l i r r f . r i 1 n1 . [ 1 11 . \ \ ' i ] s n \ \ t r r r r r r i r r .
\ { ASTER HAK I i \
To come desp i re t f re long c l i s tancc .
l )L{ i \ . \ , { ) '1 \ ( i : Lor - rg ing tor ro r r r h igh v r r r r . r c , l } ' r i rvc contc f rom fari l \\ ' i )\ ' .
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Kakr-rr i r r n l iv havc ro c lca l r r ' i rhthe sr . r r ras or holc l ing a lccr l r re.r lor . r r to r ' rn abstract cnr i r r ' l Incorllnlenrs sLrggesr the r-rarr-rnrlfor rl-rc tcacl'ring of a nlrstcr.
intro. l t rceJ h imsc l f in a s inrp ler u 'ay."monk" c l r "Brr . l t l l ' r r" u hcrr rerr t l ingbur u 'hrt is rhc t rse sf 6pg6l1. pns 's
contrasr tcr rhc rnor-rk 's l .ehavior , rheatrrtr-rtle of a pslpil q'htt cr.rnte's tc'r itsk
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N e ' r ' e r i n a l l h i s l i f e h a t ] M a s t c r S l . r i r . r k e r - r l . u r . l l r t l t l t t c l l -r l i rnt . A ccrta in gtt t i t f i t i " scholar --aske
t l i r im' "\ 'or ' r r
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i,. rl,, l ,r. ' r-rorv..-\\' ltv tlot'r 't vor'r trtkc
on a volrng,,-I.r,-lk', '.. ',.Ii i",-r.t r.olrl" Si-rir-rkcn sai.l. "it Ytlr'r
kntlu, tlt tlÍl\'O1lc .,,r..r.-l i.-.ri"-r-er c..1, ..1eat. arrJ (iLlInI]. gct
i-.,i;t i.; -;-'t Tl''t schol.r *.s s1'eccl'rle'ss'
N,ÍASTEi{ KlI)o
I car l t lo thc su cc l t i t lg t t r r voLt '
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fret tct Llse mc.
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,n i.:j. i iL..t.nt', enteÍs. There is- norhir-rg \\'rong \\' ith the Scnses
thenrselvesl it is or'rly .r..r. ' i ' . i.*',. thirt coll-ccÍns Shinken. He is tht'ts
not looking t..,, " tt'nti,
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byt f1r a 1.'crfectl 'v :i 'of]t':n'
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mind Shinkcr..I i, ,..t ' ing.
it-.,. ,. i. i i.t-. ', arflrur-1.' rrt Hrkr-rin's rr'tbstitt 'tte
phrase seems to miss thc Point
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L)ncc the rc \\ 'as an ol. l man ri l-ro askc.l a Brr. l . lhisrsc l - r r . r lar . "Of thc rr ; Intr tes rhat cr l . l i r in i r c lass ic t rxt , e .g. . aBlrc] . l I l i s r sLrtra ] i r r . r t ] rhe sh() l l lOte S t l - rat í l r r t I lcr cx1l l l r i r rt l ' r c so l , uh i ch i s i . r oa . l c l i n n re i rn i ng l " Thc s cho l a r s r i r l ," . \ho exp l a i n s thc ro , un t l so c sp l a i r r s t he r cx t . " Thc o l . lnran sa i . l , "\\ ' l rat . locs t l ' rc rcrr cx l . la i r - r l " The scholu luvasspcech Icss.
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l í r t l u r t ' . l . l i t . r ' t l t t r i ' i l l r . t l l . 1 . , t . s t l t l l . 1 .
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TIrc s r . r r - r r i scs in t l ' r c c l s t i rn( l a r n ight sc ts in thc ucsr
I ' I - . . \ l \ \ , . \ ) / \ ( i , l f vor - r go ar i t s lon ' l r ' , r ' o r . r s i l l Lu t l l c r s tan( l
NI)TE, Scho la rs a rc inc l ine . l to fo rger thc la r - rgr . ragc r l t l t r c tc rs to r l t cw,or l c l ant l over lv occr - r1 . , r ' t l . r cnrse lves u i rh the langr rage that r lea l sr t ' i th langr - ragr ' . As thc c t rnrments sL lggc , i t . thc re i s norh i r rg \ \ ' rongri. ' i th books, pror iderl r:nc is not taker.r in l .r ' overspeclr lrrt ion.
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Who Rong theBeLL?oIle t. lar ' N1aster ) ' trsci rar-rg the bcl l Íor lccttrre. \VhenL'\ 'cr) 'onc hacl gar l ' rcrer-I. ht 'askc. l , "\\ 'ho nrng rhe bcl l l" Atnonk saiej ' . .Thc lrr ö [rht- ' t i r lc of r l .rc nlonk irr charge t líf r r r rnr r l f r rn . r ions su , h ' r s ih iu r t i r rg th , : * r r t r i r s . r ing ing rhr ,sLrnrnrous bel l l ." \ 'Lrsci saic l , "Cr 'r11,1 foru'art l ." When thcmot'rk c lrnv near, Yl isei gavc l-r im a s lnp. Thcn Yr- iseire tLlnrcrl tr-r his room.
MASTER KIT).)
Astor-r ishinglv r ' , e lI . lorrc.
] \ 'ÍASTER HAKL. lN
To grip stronglr ' . leavir.rg no cscirpr'.
/ ,L ' , \í \ ' . \ , . \ ) '1 \ ' ( j . o l l . l t l i t ] t l ' r kno ' ' r ' rhat a t a l l .
NOTE, Th is koar r s t r i kes rhe s lme nor( ' as koan -12 . " l \V i l l HaveNothing tcl Dcl r ' , ' i th Btrt lt]ha' ' ' Askecl Íclr clne's it lentitr ' , one shtlr.r lt]respr rnd nor u ' i th one ' s t i t l e hut r i ' i th one ' s nr lmc. In s l r rpp ing thcmonk. \ 'r.rsei lra.. l . lel ir ' . .rct] the lccttrrc oí th. 'c]al ' .
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Spit at BuddhaOnce rhere rvas a monk uho accomprrniecl a Bucic lhisrpr iest Inot of Zen] to a Burclc lhist remple. Therc t l ' re monkSpat at the statue of Budc]ha. The pr iest saícl . . .Yor.r har 'el i t t le s. 'nse of propriervl Why c1o 1.orr spir ar Brr l l r lhal"The monk said, "Shou' me rhe place u. 'here there isno Bu. ldha so thar Ican sp i t rhere . " The pr ies r wasspeechless.
MASTER KIDT
A f íerce fel lo l l ' indeed]
MASTER HAKLIIN
It is br . t re ' r nor ro s lander h im.
l)LAlN S.{).I\,Q, \ühar a blinil r '".retch]
NoTE' K i t . l ö ' s comment ant l Hi rktr i I l ' s s t r l .s t i r r . l te phrase sr . rggcsr rhcpra ise of t l rc nror lk . u 'here l ls thc p l l r i r l s l r1. ing rcícrs t t l the pr iest 's lackof understan,-l irrg. The rncrnk's behavior, hor,..evcr, is someu hatarr i f ic ia l . The i i lerr t ic i l l thenre of the . .sanrcness ' ' oí But j t lha l r t . r . l rhewclr lc l ís sr . rggestet l in kt lan 5] ' . .Tc l l Me V 'herc ICan S i r . ' ' in l t nt t l rcnattrra l wav.
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Bow to rhis DogOnce there was a monk who r lent to vis ir Master Sr-r igan.Suigan happenecl to be out. so he u,enr ro see the man incharge of the remple. The man in charge saic l . "Have voumer the master alreadr ' l" The monk saic l , "Nor 1'et." Theman rhen pointe. l ro a r log and sait l . "Yor-r uanr ro see rh,. 'masteÍ, don't youl Then jr.rst borv to this c1og' ' ' Then'ronk u'as speechless.
MASTER KIDI
Ptrtt ing Suigar.r ,- lorvrr is okar ' .
MASTER HAKL-l.r ' .
One f i l r g c r l . o i r r r i n ! 1 t t h c J og . t l r c . , t I c r p \ ) i n r i n g a r r h e l r r r n i r .charge-to leave.
I ' l - , ' \ l \ S .q) l \ t l ' \ \ 'hcn rhe nurs tc r rc rL rnr - \ , p lease g ivc h in ' r n tv r rgur . l s .
NOTE: Like the previor-rs koan. t l-r is koan als,.t sLrggr.sts rhc t l .renre ofthc "suureness o f evcr t ' th ing . " Br . r t f r c rc uga i r r t f re "Zcn show" 'o f rhcnlan it-t charite is srrnrr 'u'hut ovcr,.]r.r-rc. Srr igar-r anrl thc. log nrar, 'r r l t in r l r te lv l . c thc "s r rme." hr - r t i t i s r ro r r s r sa t i r - rg t r t thc c log rv l t r r t r rneinrc r - r t l s t ( ) s i i r ' to Sr r ig l rn .
K i . l ó l l l r s ' i l t c t l t t r se . l l o t} ) i I lg i tg l t i t l s r S t ríg l t r l . l t l l l i s r cs1- lo l t sc . l l cI t t t t r l t l r t l t t s l l ' s t lggCStS th i l t l l S io r lg l t s i t i s SLríg l r I l l l l l ( . l l l ( ) r h i I r l seI I r r , l roi s i r l c n t i f r e . ] u i t l r r t . l i r g . l t e r j ( ) r ' s l t ( ) t n t i n . l . I - l l r k L r i n ' s s t r l . s t i t r r t cph r r r s e s ugg c s t s t l r r r t i f S L r i g r r n i s " t h e s r l n l c l s t l r c , . l o g . s o i s t h c n r r r ni t r t i r r r r g t . T h c p111111 s . n i r r g i r t r l . l i e s l r t , u r l r r n r t r n k s l r r , t r l . l l r , r v ercsp1r11. l " . l l r l J he n( ) t hcc l r t r rkcn in l . r ' t l t c . log .
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FamíLíar Placeson.. ' ' ]n..}n ' r i rnq 5911g Koreans Came to Sentö Distr ict[ in China] to har.e the statue of Kannon lBuddha oíMercy] carvecl. When rhe srarue u. 'as f in ished, they tr iedto l i f t i t onro the ship b'ut íoun.. l i t unmor'able' i r wasthus sent to be worshipped at the Kaigen Temple in MeiD is t r i c t .
Later someone raisecl the fol lou' ing qLrest ion; "ABudtlha shoult] sho' ' r ' himselí anvrr 'herc' so rvhy .] id thchol l ' statue refuse to go to Koreal"
\1A-STER KlL)O
l t i s i l i íí i cL r l t to íorger fa rn i l ía r p laces .
\ ' lASTER HAKL IN
{ s r r r r . i , l h i r , l , ] , , " . r r r r r l g i l l q , i t s n c s t .
i ) l ' ' \ l \ s ' \ \ ' I \ ( j : No l1 l i l t tÜr hor r t l l i . l o l ] c gc tS ' h . lne i s , r l r r ' a1 .s . ]e l r r t . . lonc ' s he l r r t .
Nt )TE. T] rc l tger l J ( ) l t l l c s t i l t L lÜ t l f K l l t r t t t l t t B r r .1 t l i - ra t l - ra t re f t r sc t ] r t rgo t ( r K( ) re i l ech . , cs r l r c a t t i ru i l c o f rhc Ch i t rcsc r ( ) K( i r c l l (un . l lnvt l r I l c r . . [ . l l r l . l t r i l t t l ' ' t . ( )L l I l tÍ\ . ) . I t i s l css , . . l c l l r r r 'h i t t i t s l . l l t r l l t . ' s c l t s l tk o r r n i s .
,A ,s K i . lo ' s c ( ) ln l ) rc l r t ln ( l the l . l r r i r r s l v i r rg \L lgges t . pc rh i lps thc koar rl t i cans t ( ) in tp lv th l r t l - r . r r . rgh th i r rgs nr r rv l t i r rve f ro l l P l r r cc to p l l ce ,r i hut i . cssc t t t i r r l r loes nr r t c l r lngt . Hor rcvcr . rh i s s l to r r i J n t r t l . c t l rkenrus l t s r rggcs t ion l . , f a r r r ' " in luLr t i r l . l c s r r [ . t t l rnec . "
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Lift the CloakIEr-r ö 's rr taster dtcít lcJ that Erró rr 'c l r . t l . i takc l ' r is p l l rcc as tht ' t rcttmas te r , un r ' | . a s p r . o f o f r h c a ' t h . r r t r ' , h c ga r c E r - r r ' j l - r i s c l . l r k r r . t l bo r r ] .Hou'er 'er . the t l rher p1611|5 ptr lp95cJ El l ö . . rn.] hc rras t t l rccr] tc l Ic l t r .c .Near.N,íourtt L)-rr ivtrre i thev catrght r . rp r l i th l l i r l l i l t ](1 l l r tc l l ) l ] re( i t t t srcalrhc c loak and tror '1. B.r sherr rhcv tr icrr ro grab, rhe c io,rk , , , . , . r t , . . , , , l i'way. rhey coult l ncrr l i i r thrnr. Eno larcr sr ,rr ler l on Mo,-, ,_. , i S,*" i i
once rhere wirs a rnonk u'ho r.r'ent to lt4c,unt stkei tcrsee Master Enl 's c loak and bov'1. Tl ,rere,
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charge took the c loak up anc] sa i c j . . .Thís i s ' .h" . n . ronkMy ö a t Mount Da ivüre i cou lc ] not l i i t up . ' ' tne 1r ' i s i t i
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monk said, "Then rvhi ' is i t in r.our hanris l" Th. ;;;k; 'rcharge u'as speechless.
MASTER Klt)Ö
The one u 'ho lo r .es sees i r a r - r r l ca l l s i r , ' l o r .e . "
N4ASTER IJAKUIN
(onlr ' u ' i th certa in masters) To rake ofí rhe c loak.
l 'LA lN S,{} INe: I 'm jusr a gr-rar i . l .
NorE: The h isror ica l l .ackgrorrnc l of th is legenr i centers arount l thedir.' ision r-rf Zen into rl 're northern a..l thc ,3'.,th*.n ;;.;, '..r;;i;; ;i., '.se'enrh ccnrur) A.D. Zen chro.riclcs *,rirrerr or.r rhc proccss rh,i l."tt o r i r c sp l i t r c l . o r t \ ' ; r r i ( )us . i r un ra t i , . c \ . en t s u h i . . h , r s se r t , n . , l , , r . r i -o r i t 1 ' o t E l l o ( ( r ]S -7 t l l o r . c r | r i . r i r i l I i r n . l t c ] l o , . r r . ' . ' l e ; l ; ; i . Á ;(ó0ó]-70T)' rhe founc]er ot rhc r-rorrher'l scct. Th. p'..,1..,.*;;. ;i l"legen.l is lrp'1-larer.rtIy to asseÍt EnÖ as thc legitim.rte sr.lcccsstlr oí hisl1lílstcr. Grrnin (ÓU]] -ő7./).
, K i t lo 's conrmc.r sugg! 'srs rh. t fa i rh is . i a sr . rbjcct i ' c narure a. t lrhus cannot be cr i t ic i :er l l .1 . those u,ho t lo not share i r . HakL, in,s .Lrb-
st i t t t te phrast 'anc l thc 1 l la i l l sar ' i r lg takc t l rc 1 lo.s i r ion oí c. . rn ln l r l r 'sense;
, t l re 'su l .s t i t r ' r te phrase st lggcsts r l lat a c lóak ."n J . . " ; ; ; ; ú"mor.r l l r rhcrc l rs rhc p l r r i r r s i r r i r rq su lgcst . rhe . inr l . lc , . .p.r , . .1ra , r f ' ,Hul , l r r1 rr 'hr; is t rot sup1lo.cJ t . ' s r 'e . .uI l t t t , t lh p. , i r r rs oí Jt lcrr inc,huro l l l y r o t i l k t . c r c oí the ob i c . r s hc i s i n .ha rgeo t .
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Bitten by a Dog
l Th i s koan i s rc l r r rc i ' l r t r thc io l lou ing l cgcnr i : Thcrc * 'as a go l r len h i r r lrr ho rt lu avs . ler ' .trrcrl the . lrag.,n't rr itsprin.. Bcing rrt a loss. thc.1r'.rgori \\ 'c i l t tr) seck thc ari l trt Brr. l . lha. I lr.rr l . lh;r rcnrL)\'c(l his or. i 'rrgonn ant l garc i t to the r l rugr r r r . s l v ing . " l i v r rL r \ \cur th i s , thc go l . l enbirJ r l i l l nt r bc ul. lc ro lr irrnr vor.r." Tl 'rc. lnrgorr aske.i ior nrirn! m(rrcgo\\'ns to protect al l ot the . lrag,.rns. H,.rrrevcr. B,.r. lr lha sai. l that thisonc go\\'n coLrld l .c cn.l lesslv r l iv iderl ot)d cven a srnel l threarl ' ,vorrlt l
l ' ro (c r t rh . ' . l r ; rgon. l r . 'n r rhr l . . l . l v r r h i r . l . l
Once there u'as a monk u'ho, carrving thc foorl-almsbowl, rvent to the house of an olc l nlan. Thcre he *'asbitten bv a . log. The olc ' l man sai( l . " l f a c lragon hirs even trs ingle threacl on him. the golt len birJ rr ' i l l not ( lcvour i t .Yolrr Revere ncl is f ul lv c lac{ in the holv gou n. Hou' comcyOu were bítten bl.a dog1' ' The monk !\ 'aS SpccchleSS'
M,{STER KIDO
A su'cct melon is svn'eer c lear through.
MASTER HAKUIN
Unexpectec l lv I mer up u ' i rh rrouble.
l)L.,\l\ S.{}'l\(7, \'11', rl 'rar's a strong Llog:
NOTE: The o l . l rnan sLrg l lcsts thar u 'hat is "perfect" ( i .c . , cr-r l ighrerrer l )shor.r l . i l1ot . b ' i ts t laturc. be aífecreJ l .v l r 'or ld lv car ' rscs (rhc. . log 'sl . i tc) . . \ J i t ie rcrrr ko,rn , rn thc r , rnrc thcnte rr1.1.crrrs i r r f . i r r r I t r t ( ) r ' r rJr i rSo i i lor Hr ö rorr (ktrar-r 1- l l ) . In t l ' rat koan i t i s sr-rggcstcJ thar i r i s a n ' r is-r : ] L . t ' n . . ( \ l ] . ' , l . t . r |
. ' e n l i . . [ ' t e n , t t " t ] r . . r , r . . r n ' . . i 1 ' g t l í i t i t * . l . ' l i r . . r i t t l c . '
frc>nr trc.r.rbles ancl puin.Th. 'sanre i r lea is exprcsscr l hcrr ' i r r Hakuir . r 's suhst i t r r te phrasc i rnt l
thc p|aín sar ' ing. K ic] ö ' s comment s l lggcsts r l rc at ls l r 'er tht rnonkshotrl.. l har.. 'gir'cn tcr thc olrl nllrrr. Tlris phrasc is taken írtlrrl thc sa1'-ing "Cal l i s b i t ter ro the root . m! ' lon is sr ' ,cet c lear throtrgh." inansu'er ing thrrs , K idó nra1.har 'e Incanr to sL lÍ]gest rhat rhe n lonk 's"wrrr" ' i s a b, i r ter one anc ' l rhat i t has norhing to r lo rv i th the"su 'eetness" of the golc len b i rc l l t 'gend.
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Horu Old Is MonjuBuddha?Oncc a benefacror \\ 'cnr ro.r rcmplc ro gir. 'e a c lonnrion ofmoney to each monk accorcl ing to his age. The man incharge ot rhe rcmple saic l ro him, "Pleasc put one shareot your c]onation beíore the holv SrntLle Ioí MonjuBurddha]." The br 'nc.facror s ir i r l , "Hou, olc l is Mon1,,,Brrt ldhal" The marr in charge t 'as speechless.
MASTER Kl t)Ö
Be n. l ing rhe f ingers, shor l ing rhe ctrunr.
MASTER HAKL-I\
Gr.r an,.l ask Monjr.r's atrcnclant.
l ) l - . . \ l \ S.\\ ' l \ ty: Benc i ing rhe f ingers-n i rh rht r ight hant l counr i r - rg,"One , nvo . th r ce . f ou r , f i ve . s i x , sevcn , r cn r* i r l ' r t h c I e f r han . icor.rr-rtir-rg, "One . nlo, rl-rrce . frtr-rr, fir e , six. seven. e ighr, nine ,th i r tccn." C)pcning tor l - r han.1s, sav ing. " l thorrght i t uas going to bccigl-rt arrd instea..l it rr'rts tetl. lthorrght it rr, 'as goíng to [.c tctl ltrlc.li n s t ca t l i t uas th i r t c tn . I t l on ' t knou r vha t i n thc u , r t r l d i s go ing r l n l "
^w()TE: T l ' rc [ .cncfuctor rv l - ro is not f i rken in l . r 'Monir-r 's "hol incss"i r t l r r ica l l l 'asks t t l r t l le l lgc t l t Níorr j t r . Br ' rhís hc i r r rp l ics that h is cc l r l -ccrn is onlv u i th hunran l .c i r rgs. A l l thc conrnrents ot fcr poss ih lci rns\\ 'ers to the l .enef i lc t()r s rnrp-( l t rcst ion on Monjr . r 's agc.
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Not Enl lghtened?
A certain parishioner asked a heacl monk to hold rheopening cL'remonv of another templc. Masfer Sl-r intetsr-rheard o f rhís and sa id , . .That i sa l l r ight . I t i son lv tc lo hac]thar he i s not en líghtened. . ' The heac l monk ht -ard th i s .put ol l his l t t i re., anc] lefr íor the tc.mplc. Shir-rtetsr.r ' rr 'hclwas alreaciy there, drove the heacl monk or,rr w' i th hiss r i ck .
MASTER K l t ) ö
Hou ' cor - r l i l I c la re go aga i r r s t n rv r .nasrc r l
MASTER HAKL ' IN
"Have a taste of i r l " So sav ing, c l . ras i r . rg arv i r r . rv i th rhc sr ic l<.
I ,L , \ I \ S ' \ \ ' í \ ( l : F t l r t l r . l r ' , . . I r r i ] l l . e le l r r t r lg t l r l a p i lg r . in l l rgc . \ \ ,hcr l Icome l .nck , I heg vour gr r i Juncc .
N()TE, S i r rcc r l c t lo not knr . r l rhc b , r rc l ig rour r r l r r f th i s k r r r rn . i t snrc l rn ing i s n( r t ! l L l i te e i car . l t rnaV l .e t r r i r lV l r ss t r r r . ' .1 . hor rever , t l r l r tSh inre tsu ' . u 'uv o f de l r l ing u i th rhc nr r rnk i rn l . l i c s in u l - r i r ru , , l t r r i c r lZ e r r i i k e r " ' a v h i s r c e . g . i r i o r o f r h c r r o . k ' s e . l i g l r r e . ' r . , . r . K i i l o ' s .c o l l l l t l e l t t l l r r l I l l r L r r i n ' s P J n i n s t r v i n g s r r g g c s t t l t c n r on k s l l ( . ( . c p t l l l t c (o f S l r i n t c t s r r ' s u r r t h o r i t r ' , t l r L r s i n r p l r i n g t l r a t r l r c r c l r r r i o n s l . . , r r r . " " , rt h c t u o u e r c r l r o s c o f n r r r s t e r r r r r J . 1 i s e i 1 . l s .
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TeIIMeWhere I Can SitThere was once a Taoist pr iesr who came to a Buddhisttenrple and sat with his back to the .statue of Buddha. Amonk said, "Yor,r Taoist, don't 1 '61v turn ) 'our back onBucldha." The Taoist said, "The virruous Buddha existseverywhere. Tel l nle rvhere I can sit ."
MASTER KIDö
I Íorgot that you are oí a d i fÍerent re l ig ion.
MASTER TIAKUIN
Are not Buddha and Miroku [a legendary Brrddha of the íuture]r ight rhere l
PLAI\ ' .s ,{} ' /\ 'q, Ah. i t ' s ' r 'ou l Won't y-ou come in and have some te i tJ
NoTE' L ike koan 4ó, . .Sp i t at Buddha. ' ' th is koan echoes the themeof the "sameness" of Buddha anLl the worlcl (or nirn'irna andsamsara). But whereas in koan 4ó the molrk 's sp i t t ing at Buc]dha'sstatue appears to be no more than a "Zen show," the Taoist 's s i r t ingwith h is back to the starr . re has i r greater appeal because of i ts narura ls imp l i c i t y .
ln Hakr.r in 's sr-rbst i tute phrase, the Taoist teaches the monk the"Buddha is evervu 'here" pr inc ip le, thus prov ing that Zen is a lso to befouncl among non-Buddhists . K ido 's response and thc p la in say ingsuggcst thc attitucle the n-ronk r,'"'oul.l har.e takerr tor' ' 'ard rhe Taoístv is i tor were thc monk not suc l ' r a narrou'-mirrde. l fanat ic .
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Master Suibi asked Master Tanka. "What is i t l ike to bethe teacher oÍ Buc]clha] ' ' Tanka said, , .You yourself arethe teacher of Budclha. so do not take yourself l ight ly.What are yoLr c loing holc l ing that rag r.rnc' l broonrl" Srr ibiÍetreatec] three StepS' Tanka said. . .Wrongl, ' Suibisteppecl for',varcl. Tanka sirirl, "Wrorrgl" Sr-ribi raised onefoot, srvung himselí around, anc] was gonc. Tanka saic l '. .It is good as far as i t goes, but íor Buddha's reacher i t isnot very proper . "
MASTER KIDI
\,/11-rngl \\ 'rongl
MASTER HAKUIN
l ) , . - ' . . 1 . ; ^ 1 . . L - . , . . . , , 1 . . . , . ' . , - . . . . 1 . - , . 1 , , , ^ . . , . , . ,U U l l I l l l l t l \ L l l . 1 t ) U U l t U \ ( F , U ( t l l g , l l l \ ( l l l ( ( l H , ( .
l '1 , . . \1\ S, .\) ' / \( i , Looking le i t an. l r ight , say ing, "V"rongl Wrongl"
^YoTE, Suil.r is searcl-ring for the "r'ro[.lest existence." Tanka suggesrst l . rat i r i s r ight r r ' l ter . 'ont ' i s . r 'er at the samc t ime l . rc la1 's a t rap Ít l rSuib i . "TI ' r ings as the l 'are l .e ing the noblesr cx istence" c ioes not onlymeirn th i r r cvcrvth ing is "nL l rc . ' b ' r r t a ls , . r rhar the "pr . r rc" isevervth ing as i t i s . ln othcr u 'ords. i t rs not thnr Suib i is Brr , . lc lha brr tthat BLrcl.l lu is Suihi. Bv snf ing "\\,trong! Wrongl" Tarrka .lrir ',, 'sSr , r i i . i to h is w i ts ' enc ' l .
Rarhcr rhan con.rnrenting on rhe kr.ran irs a u'hol.: or provic{ing anil|)s\\'cr rr'htrc tlne faile.l ro resr'on.]' Kitló hercattcr stlggcst\ i l nlL]rcí i t t ing phrase f t l r t I l . ' l l l i l s ter (r : r rht 'or lc r r ' i th the trp1rcr hand). ln th iskolrr-r Kii. ló's Íespollsc (..\X/rorrgl V'rtlng!' ') replaces Tanklr's last si-tt'-ing. u 'h ich c locs rrr r r secnr shar1. entru!h to K i . l0 . A s imi lar exampleof sr.rch c\rrenrc ern1.l1'ry'111.'trg sf "V'rorrgl" clrn l.e f,.run.l also in lrlrrtl ot ( icrrJr i i . \ . t l ;cr l H l ' ó r r r r l (koan I0[.] ' ) Hakrr in 's su l .s t i t t r tc p l . r r l tsesrr|) ! r r ,srs r l r ; r r hc i | l r ' rhe " f , - . i tcher of BL id. lhtr" i locs nctt mean fhat onc' " 5 F ' "
i s in anv war ' [ . , - ' t ter thrrrr err . rc i .s . T l re p la in sav ing is i rn inr i taf ion o l 'K i t j ö ' s eonlÍncnt.
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Hou,aboutYours?
Mastc ' r Se i . lo , carrr i r - rg a m! 'ssage f ronr h is r r .achcr Maste rBasc l . l l r r i r .e .] ar \4aster Erc l rÚ 's p lace. ErcI lú askt . t] h in l ,. .Wlrar
is 1.9111. re l lc l - rcr 's BLrt] t]h isn l l ike ] . . Sc id ö l ' , ' l r lkct ifron.r tl.re u'est sitje to rIle cast si.. lc lrt 'rtl sttlotl thert.. Etchüsaic i , " ls thcrr no more l . r . rs i t lcs th is l " Sc i r lo u.a lke. l f ronrrhc cast s i t le to fhc u 'esr s ic le ant i sroot l thcrc. Etchrr sa i r -1,. .TIr is
is Basc l ,s IBLrL lJh isn l) . Ht l r r ' abott t r ' t l t I rs] ' ' Sc i t l ösa id, " l have to lJ Yor.rr Rcveren. ' l a l reac l r . . "
]VíASTER KlD(-
Sc idó i r r t l re e r l t l sa r -s ' . ' \ \ ' I l c r l l e l t r ' i r rg . l . " r .as t t r l t . l Io l . r i t tg l . l t . . kr r r cp l l ' . "
MASTER II ,{ .KI ' IN
The n goir.rg or-rr.
I '1 .4 ' I\ . \ .1) ' lN( j , lan.r jusr i i messenge r . I f lon lv rece i 'e 1.or . r r r r1. ,11. , r l . ratis fine rvitl 'r me.
!_Of_f , . . ln h is u,a lk ing responsL. ro Erchtr 's c l l resr . ion conccrn ing rhe"Bucklh ism" of h is master Baso, Se ic lT impl ics . " l r i s hcrc, i t i s ihcre,i t i s nor in anv parr icu lar p lace." V/hen asked abor_rt h is own,.Buc ldhisn l ' ' '
Se ido suggests that i t c loes not d iífet írom that oíBaso's .
Kidó íecls thar Sei.]ö 's l irst arlsrr'er is too ab,strlrct ancl srrggests thlrtSeiclö ignore the BLrc]dhism.talk anci sin-rplr' reíer to rhe b'usiness hccame for . I f Budclh ism is the "here, nou," s i ruar iorr , rhen a l l Sc idohas to c io is to.]c l i r 'er Baso 's n lessage an. l rece i r 'e Etc l rü 's repl r ' .Hakuin 's sr-rbst i tute phra-se ant l rhe p la in saf ing ar , - . on lv i rn inr i raf io 'of K idó 's l ine oí co lnment.
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OneA monk . l rcrr ' |c l t t r srrokcs i t l | r t l t - t t t l i NÍaste r B l tst l , r r i t I lthc r .p str()ke l re ing io ' rg a.r] rhc l .*e r rhrec l .c ing shorr .l l c sa i r l , "\\ ' i rhor-r t sr* i rg rhrrr . .c srr .kc is l . . ing a. . lt l ' r rec i r re s l . rctr t ; i tar ing l r l l u . t r r t ls ; ctr t t ing oLrr r r l ll l f !L lÍDc' l - l ts- l l le i tsc. l l laStcr . i lÍ lS\\ ' t r . ' I ] l rs t l r l l cI . r . . ] rc ,u, ' , t l r res t . r . r k c , s . r ' i r g . " \ \ ' i t ho r r r sav i . g o l r c s r r ( ) l ( r , i s l . . g l r r - r t rthrec arc short , I l - rar .e anst .crct l t .ou."
\Í,\STEl i K l I )( )
\\ ' i rc . I l rso rs r rskcJ t() r r rs\\ cr . l rc srr 's , "\\ 'h. ,*.1 T l r r) t u, i l s t . l t rsc l , '
\ 1 . \STEI{ I I . , \K ( I \
Thc l .a lnrv l . ree:c corrrcs t ronr r l rc s i . , r r r l r .I Ia l ls anc i ch lnr l .crs grtrr r s l ighr l r . eool .
1) . . -\1\ \ . -\) /\( 1: I ' l l r r iso l . r . f t t rv-t i r e rh is vcur.
NOTE, Thc mork . lc 'a .c ls rhar R 's . c let i .c c l i f i r rcr t rh i rgs u. i rh.urmakÍng J is t i r . rctroI-rs . Br drarr ' i r rg rhc r , , r te l i r rc (ret , .í . , . ing to rhcrhr 'ee) Baso prt l r ' i t l t . ' s t i . rc r r lonk rr . i th rhe. l i s r incr ion-írcc.r , . , "u,e. l r . i ,scek ing.
This ans* 'cr seenrs roo spccLr lat i 'e ro K i . lo . Thcrefore , he s.ggestsrhrr,t Baso ignore tl-rc parrrcloxical rer-1r.rircmcnt ancr siniplr. 'r", ', l i, l ih.r r ' i l ] r lor ta l i rnt t l t i rc n lonk 's r r ip ' Haktr in.s srrb ' i tí , tu, . ph,- , . . "sL lggesrs "cven'rh ing as i t i s is in pcrfcct or( ler" as an answer to themonk.. . ln . rh is enl ighrcnc. l con. ,nr . . . ' .s . ' l rsc sr i l rc of nr ind, th" "n- , . , . , r l i 'arc sr i l l rhcre, br , r r thcy are no longcr. l i i tercrrr i r r re. l c . , r s1. ,eculate. la| .c l r ' t t . The p la in s l r1. i r - rg stríkes rhc sanlc not l ' . l r l l r i t i . . n. ,orc.| i ,c . . rresponsr ' to rhe rncrnk 's quest ion: aske. l t r , . lca l nons l .ecui i r t ive l l , wi t l r"r- runrbers." one s inrp lv g i r .es one's agr. .
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Master Nansen saic l , "Masrcr Bascl sair i rhat the mir-rc l as i ti s , i s Bu i l r lha . Br . r t I r lo nor rh ink so . l sav i r i s not rhemint l , i r is nor Br-r. l t lha. Ir is r-rot an objecr. Is there ar-r1'fault in nr,v .saving tharl" Ar r l ' rar Masrer loshU stt l ' rper lot l t , borr 'Ct i . ant l rr ' i thclrerr ' . TI 'ren a mtlt lk asked | öshÚ,"What clicl Yor.rr Rcvcrencl nrearr u'hen _voLl [.orvcc]1"loshu sair1. "Yolr ask Nanser-r." The monk repearecl hisr lucst ion to Nansc.n, "\\ 'hat did . lOshn nrean jusr nowl"Natlsen saic]. ',Hc r.lt-r.]erstoo..] lr.hat i ÍTlcilnt.',
MASTER KÍDÖ
To sit frrcing thc r.r'ali.
NíASTER H.{KL '1N
The arrou. ' passe l l Sh inra I i .e . , i t i s too larc] .
l 'L ,4/\ 'S. . \) '1\( i r No marter w'hat vor. r srr1 , i t i s tcto late.
NoTE: ln his sa1'ir 'rg. Nansen sugÍ]esrs rhat no martcr hou' cler'erlyrvorc lsare usc i - i , rh ings as thev arc cannor be def ined in words. Ar th is. l0s l r l . l ht 'u.s l r is t rnJcrst . t r rJ inq. Thc rnonk rr .ho is i rsk ing íor tht. .n-rcaning ' ' fa i l s to gct an e.xplanat ion trom Joshi i and Nirnsen' lí he. loes not undersran. l . no u 'orr is u i l l hc lp l i i he does. he w' i l l bou'h imselí.
K i t lo íer ' l s that in. .He r ' tnc]crstot l .1 rr .hat I nrcant. ' ' Nanscn n lac lcusc clf rr'c.. 'r. ' l.s tt.lo nrlrch' íor the monk nra)'sti l l b'e taken in b'v..trnc]crsrl l l.rtl ing.' ' Hc sLlggestS ír.rsteat.l rhc silcr-rce of Zcn metlitatior-r.Both F lakrr in 's .subst i t r - r re phrase and rhc p l r r in sa l ing sr . rggesr rhar,ur-rab ' le to keep r . rp u i th the momcnt, r i 'or . ls arc a lu 'a1 's "roo lare."
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You Are Rough,I Am RoughWhen Master Kisr-r was u'eecl ing. a Br-rdclhist pr iest [not ofZenl cnnre to see him. SuJ.1cn11' a sr-rake u, i ls seL.n passingby. K i sL r cur t i r in r r io rv i rh h i s hoe. Thc pr ies r ia i c1 , ' ; lhar ' t ' l . reart l of thc t lanle of Kisü for a lot-tg r inte, [.urt inreir l i tv he is onlv a r, .rr-rgh Ipreceprs-r ' io iar ingl nrclnk."Kístr said' . .\ 'ot.t l rre rt l r ' tgh, I atr. i rolrgh. ' '
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A goocl intentÍon is rlt lr alrr'a1's reu'arclecl'
MASTER I{, . \KT i IN
This strrpicl gr-rvl
I'1,11\ S..\\' l\ '(1, \'ttu sri l l hirven'r figurr'cl ir or-rrl \\/hat a nlrisancel
NoTE. As KÍ.Jó sLrggcsts. K isü ma1' l .c . . r i l r . rgh ' ' i r - r r . io lar i r - rg tIreBucl t jh ist pÍecel) tS ar ' rc l k i l l ing t l le snak. . . , br . r r rhc pr iest is nt l Iess. . rough' ,
tor fa i l ing ro thar-rk K isü tor rh is act t lí k int j r - ress ' Hl rktr i r l ' ssu l .s t i t r . r tc phrase anr l thc p la in say ing rrrc t l i rcctc , . l ur the pr iesr .
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Host and QuestOnl' cla1' N1itster Rir'r:ai \\.cnt rO ti lc ttlu'n of Kaítr. Wherlt l - re host OjOj i askr . t ' l R i r - r :a i ro rake h is sc i r t . MasrerMavokr.r stcp1,c.1 or-r t anc l l rskc. l , "Krnnorr Rrrr{r1 l - ra has i rtl-ror.rslnc] l 'rar-r.]s irn(1 rvrsl u'l-ricl 'r is f l-rc r.r'r l-roperl" Rin-:a i sa i t l . "Kanrton |1x5 11 1[pr. tsan. l hun.]s unc l e r , t ' s ; u ' l - r ichis t l r t cvc 1 ' r rp1 ' r1 '1) Sry i t , t1 t r ick l Sav i t . t l t r ick l" Mlvt ' rk l r. l raggct l R in:a i r l r r r i n f ronr h is scat rnr l scuter l h inrsc l t .R i r r : l r i . l r cu ' ne , t r l t n r . l su i . l . " f l 1 r \ \ ' u r c \ ' ( ) L l r l o i ng l "lV{rr ' , ' . . rkr-r u a. . a l . , r r - r t t () suv sonrcth ing i r r rcp l l r r '1 ' . ' ' ' R in: l r i. l r l r ggc . i h i n r . l t r r vn t r t rn r h i s s c l t t a l t r l s l r t t i o r v r r ugu i r . t .V{rrvrrkr-r r l r t ' r r u e rrr ()[ i t l rnt l I{ in:a i s tcPpgql c l r . r r ln f r , . rnrl l í s se i t t .
\1 ,{STh l t K l l ) ( )
ln p l r rcc o f R in : i r i ' s "Hou i r r r vor r r lo i r rg r " sur ' . " \ 'o r r c rook l ( )c t r - r1 rlu r - r t l gc t our l "
\, lASTEI{ II,A,KI 'I\
To ove r t l r r r r rhc Zcr - r sca t .
i ' l - . \ l \ 5 .^\) l \ ( l , Hr . r r rv up i ln r l n . r r tvc l T i ra t ' s n t l sc i r t .
Nt )TE. \1 l r l ' ok t r l r sks Rr r l :a i f t l r thc . .a l - s t l l r . r t c
tÍ t ] | l ] ' ' ( . . t l l c c r 'e
1 . roper" ) . u t rvh ich po i r r t Rr r r ; l i t l r r r ru ' s thc sarne r l r . r cs t i ( )n l . l r ck a tM i rvoku anr l L r rges h inr to iu rs \ \ 'e r r l r r i ck l r ' . \{ l rokr r i l s ser rs h in rsc l ith roug l r ac r to t r . an . l R in : r i su i f t l r r cs1 .onr l s t l r ro r rgh i l c t io l r .Throt rgh th i s exc i r r rngc , thc I ro l . l cnr r ' , f " r r r . r th" (or "cssenec") nr i r lnot h l rvc bccn so lvc . l . l , L r t the rc l l t i o r - r (pr "uork i r rg" ) o f rhc t \ r 'o i l s"hos t " (s r r l . jec r ) i ln r i "g l r cs t " (o l . jec t ) i - s rnr r . l c c lear .
l t l l r i s c t l r l l l l t c r l t K i J ó sL lggcStS r l l a t i t l s te l t . l t l t r cs l . t r I r t l i t lg r r ' i r I l r l l esunrc ac t i r ' r r - r o f " J ragg ing . loun f ron i rhc scat , " R in : r r i n r ig l ' r t h lve. lonc l . c r te r 1 r . r . l hc . l c tc r l s ( )n l c \ \ 'ha t . i i t f c rcnt l r . A "Zr r r s l - rou" i s n r rJ i 1 | c r c r r t f r t l t t l l l r l r ' t l t h c r s l r t l r r ' l i t t l l c . t t l r l . r c l ] c i l t \ i t s e I í t t l t , t l t . r c t l .L )ne gr rs bLr re t l i rn t l l c l r l cs (as \{avokr r , rc t r - r l l i r ' . l oer ) .
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Please HeIp MeOne tlay u.'hen evervl.oclv u,as garherecl. Mastcr Seitlosa ic . l '
. .Thc c l lL lSc ant] ef fect re ]at ior . r [í .c . . karrn ic ca l rs l l l i t1 ' ]
is c lear-c l r t . \ t ihat shal l r , , 'e c lo a l .or-rr i t l " A monk ca l reor-r t . h is har-rc ' l s tor-rch i r - rg thc grorrnr l . Sr i . ' lo sa i r l , "Wl ' r l rarc ) .o l r do ingl" Thc ml.nk sa i r l . " l ' l casc l ' rc i1- , nre l l ) lcaschelp mcl" Se idÓ sa i . l to thr peo1, le. "T l ' r i s nronk rr lnrt . ' s tgor i t . " The n ' ronk, rv i rh a s\\ 'ccp of h is s lccvcs. \\ 'c l r t n\r 'n\ ' .Sc i t lT sa id, "The t 'orr-ns ins i t lc thc l ion fcc. l or-r rhe t lc .*ho f the l i o r r . "
)ut,qSTER Ktlrtl
\ \ i l - r , :n t i rc r t r r rnk lc l rvcs rv i t l r l r sr lcc l . t r f i r i s s iecvcs, s i r r ' , "[) , rn ' tt rutnplc r tvcr pcp1. lg '5 i ic l r ls . "
MASTEI{ IIAKL IN
A n evcn-in-l.roail-.1a1'l igh r thief .
I ' l - ,AI\ S.\) ' l \ () : Olnr ing r tngr i l l ' . "Thi t r son-of-a.L ' i rch l Rrrr tn ing r i ' i l t{irgain l"
NOTE: ln u 'a lk i r - rg on a l l fc . t r . r r .s . rhe mttrrk suggesrs r l ' rar " l iberar ion"fronr karma is not achiever-1 thror-rgh i t .s t ransccnr lcncc. l t onc isc{oon'retl bv karmrr to t'e rcborn as a l.cast, onc sinrplv has ro leurl uL'eastl ikc exisrenct.. In lris lasr sirr.ing, Seitlo 1.'ririse.. rhe nrorlk Íotbeing right r', 'hcre he is sr,r1'r1-.115gi 1e f..
K ic l ö s t rggcsts th l r r inst ta. l t . . f rhc nte t lpht . r r ic l l l ' . l ion ' ' sa i ' ing ' Sc i t lTrcspont l nrorc c l i rect lv to r i . r r ntonk 's srate of "bc ing u beast ."Haktr i r r 's sr . r| .st i t t r t r 'p l r rase i .s 21 pr i l i se oí the r-nonk's b 'c ' l t ] . .u.c- ' ' rk ing ' ' l
u 'hereas r l - rc p la in sav i r rg cchocs K i t lT 's conlnrc l t t , in rcsp l rnj i l lg 1gthc monk's b,east l ikc srare.
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He Cannot Make a Liuing
Master Ungan asked N{astcr Hyakr.rjó ' ..V,h}' arc \,OLl rrv-ing so harci l" iJ1'akLrjo said. "lt is for somcone." L,rngansa id, "Why c lon ' t vou lcr h im take carc o i h inrse l f l "Hyaku jo sa i c l . "He canno t make a l i v i ng . "
N1ASTER KIt)Ö
Sir-rc . 'o l . le n t inres i r hns becr . r a ntrb lc ex iste ncc.
MASTER HAKL'IN
It is l ike Fr-rr la ish i Ia BLr. l . lh is t lavnran].
I '>L.1/\ .S.{) ' /\( l ' I t i s extrenrc lv sreep. thcre is no \r 'av rr f gctt ing c lose.
NoTE: 81 ' . .sonlcone' ' Hfakrr jó impl ics rhe t l r ig ina l t l t t t ( t l r krr) se l f 'One's t r r"re narure nrat 'be rhe "no-se l f , " but speal i ing corrnron scnse,i r i s HyakLr jT ant] not . .nor-Hr.akr ' r j ö . ' rhar }-ra.s to n]akc a l i r ' ing.
K idT's cc)ntnre nt is inrent lcr l t r ) rc[] loce Hrrkujo 's lasr phrosc. K i t l tseems to i rc ln ic i l l lv SuggeSr that i r l ml l t tcÍs of er 'crvdal ' l i íe t l rc . .nobleex istenct ' ' ' of the . . rnrr-se lí ' ' r . ieu 'ec. l t ln i ts orr 'n ( i .e ' . scpar l l tc t r t lnr r r) isnot of mr,rch r-rse. Hakur in 's subst i tut t ' p l ' r rasc, referr ing to Fut la ish i(n o. -197-56i)) is nor c lcar . Thc p la i r - r sav i r . rg suggesrs that i r i s f rar , , lto rcach the rea l i : r r t ion of "se l f lessness" l i t rhr . rs seerns to t r r l l i r t ro t l - retrap tlf takir.rg Kic1ö's iror.ricirl comnlcnt lrt its face r,alue.
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ThisMatterMltster Sar. ikakLr sa id ' . . Ií
} 'oL l are to c] iSCLISS th is matter ,the mon-rent you raise your evebrows, ,voll har.e alre'irrlvmissed i t . ' . Ar that Master lv 'Íar 'oku came íorward an. lsa ic l . "Let us nor ask abour rhe ra is ing of er ,ebror, , ,s , br . r twhat ís
' th is n latrer ' ] ' ' Sankaku sa id,
. , \ 'ou har 'e a l ready
missed i t . ' ' }víayoku then r . rpset the Zen seat , Sar-rkaktrbear h im.
MASTER KIDO
\Where Mayoku f i rsr asks. say. "B i re rhe k, i t , carry the sac i r l leI i .e . , b,e a horse],"
MASTER HAKLjIN
There is nor a hai r 's space.
Ins teac l o f Mayoku 's c .1 l tes t ion or r . . th i s
n l i l t t cÍ ' 'Mayokr.r shorr ' inc]ifíerence to har' irrg ..missed
itK i . lo s r , rggcs ts th i r t
PLAlN.\ ,4) ' /\Q-. There is nor er 'en a crer 'íce.
NOTE, ln "the momenr you raise vor-rr e1'ebrows, you havc. alreacllmíssed i t . ' ' Sankaku suggesrs t l rat when rhere is c ' r 'en rhe s l iehtestmo\rement toward i,]rgLlnlent or i l iscr.rssion on rhe meaning oÍ Zen("th is matter") , one is a l ready in the wrong. Mei 'okLr . t r .n. lpt . rodraw Sankaku inro "ra lk ing on Zen"; Sankaku s l rggesrs that in sodoing Mayoku h i rnsc l f has ía l len inrc l rhr . . t rap hc has st-r . ln theupsert ing of thc. Zc.n seat an( l the bear ing, Mavoku ant l Sankaku tr1,to assert the i r Zcn rhrouch act ion.
dangerous, then u.'e are all t.esp.ss.... cloome.l to" lower" ex istc .nce. Haktr in 's subsr i t r - r r t phrrrse anc lon the othe r hand, echrr SankakLr 's sc\ , ! . r l . r r t r i t r - rc leis no place for words.
" i f w'orc is arc sob'c rtb'orn irrto irt he p l a i n sa f i ng ,rhat in Zen thetr '
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So Ir Is likeThisMaster Tözan came tO see Níaster Roso. After har ' insborvec]. he stood besíde Roso. A l i t t le whi le larcr. he weniout ancl then rerurned again. Roso saicj , " l t is just l ike' L^ ' : ' : ' : "^ - r : r ' - ' h a t . S o i r i s l i k e t h i s . " TT z an s a i d ,t l l ( l t . l L l J J U J L l l K t r t
"There is someone rvho cloes not agree." Roso said, "Whyclo I have to l isten to ) 'our argumentsl" Conseqlrent lyTó;an pracr iced uncler Roso for ser 'eral months.
MASTER KID(]
\Vhere Tó: l r r r spc i rks. s . r r . . . . I
c1ang.-.rs 1 íaced on mv wat..' 'came to see Your Re",erenci i lespite the
\4ASTER HAKUIN
Fire gocs rvl.rere ir is d11'.Water f lor.r 's to w,here it is danip.
i ' l - r \ lN - \ . ' \ ) . i \ t j : Des i r i r rg to pracr i cc r r r rder Masrer So-anc l - so , thcgre i l tes t te l t cher r . tnc l c r hear 'en , Icarne a l l th i s r r ' a1 ' rv i th síng lencss o frn i r rc l . I p t lea . l fo r lo r r r be nevcr l cn t ant j compass ionatc gu ic lancc .
NOTE: Tó : l l r r ' s . . shor r ' ' ' eX l ) rcsscS h i s l r cs i ta t i c ln r ' , ' he ther to s tay ar r t ll .r l lct ice unt]er Rostl t lr to lear'e atlt l sel lÍch ft lr at lclthcr t l l l lstcf. V/hcr-rRc l sc l ( i r l . . I t
i s - i r . r s t l i k i . th r l t ' ' ) in rp l i cs t l ra t hc knor ' , ' s r r ,hat T ö :an ' sprt lL. lcnl is ' To:arl t lct-rtes it. Roscl 's cLltt i l)g t l ft t l f rhe l lÍgl ln)eÍ1t ser:nlstt l har'c t l lat le Tö: ltr l st irr ' .
()ol].t1.111L'(] r i ' i t l-r Tö: lrr l 's ..shoir ' . ' ' KiJo's con)n)cnt l lrrt l thc plair l
s lt1' i t lg rcs1-lt ltrJ rr ' i th a l1lorc rr ltrtrral lrrt itr.rt]c t lí seckir lg íor a nlaster:r r 'hereas H l rk r r i r l ' s s t rbs t i r r . l t c phrase St lggcs ts th . ' a fí in i tv hetweenlna .s te r anr l pup i l .
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The Nor-Knowing of Knou,IedgeMaster lvíe:uhoshinzö saic]. ' 'The nor.knorr ' ing oi kno' 'v l .edge is diííerent íron the rrot.know' ing c ' l i rro-knou' l-edge. ' ' Master Nansen sa id . . , IÍ that i s so . hear ing yourwords l hai 'e for t l re f i rsr r ime undersrood halÍ. ' '
)vIASTER KIDO
Nrrnsen says , "Wi rh s ix ears the re can be no scc rc rs .
N4ASTER HAKL]I \
Sa-v ing yes , sa l ing no .
l ' LA l \ S , \ ) l \ ( i : Even i f vou agree , l ' 11 c l i s r tg rcc .
N t t TE : l n h i s s , r r i r r q . Mc : r r l r r , s l r r n : J r 1 1g r . ' i 1 . r h r r r " t r r l i g l r r e r r e . l
knorv i cc l ce" i s not sc ' rn re th ing th l t cur r i . c t rur rsnr i t r c t l t l - r roLrg l ru ,or t l s . Thus . s t rch k r lou ' le .1ge i s . i r l r l - re r t s l t l t ] scnsc oí k t l t l r r ' i r rg '
. ' t . l c l t '
k r low i r lg . ' . Nansc l . l ' s 11ns\\ ' c r in rpI i cs t I la t r I l c l ' . rgh lÍc : l r I l ó s I l j l l : t ] l l ) i l \ .not have s l r i c l w i ra t Zcr r i s . he has nr l r . l e c l c r r r r ih r r t i t i s nor .
ins rer t , . l t l f Nat tse t - r ' s p l t rasc K i r lo r l L r ( ) t r \ i r I i rp11 ix1 ' s r r \ i t rg ' , r ' l t i ehimp l i cs th l r r Zcr r i s n l r t t l t c s t ) r t r ) f th ing r l t i r t ! i l n be nr i r . l . l r s r r l . j ce tf o r p r r b l i c t i r l k . I l i r k r - r i n ' s s u i . s t i t u r e phn r s e a r r r l l ) ] r r i n s u r . i n g s L r gge s tt h c n o r t - Z cn - l i k c nu t r r r c o f p r r l . l i . . l i s e u s s i o n .
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How Many?Hokoj i Ia Buddh is t l av rnan] asked Master Se iho . "Howmany miles are there from here to rhe peakl" Seiho saic l ,. .\Vhere have vor. l been]' ' Hokoj i said. . .You are real ly diÍ-íicult to bend. Ei 'en m1' quesr ion Íai lecl to trap i 'ou. ' 'Se ih ö sa id ' . .Ho! t ' man} ' a re there] ' ' Hoko j i sa id , . .one ,
two, three . ' ' Se ihr sa id . . .For ' r r . í i r .e . síx . ' ' Hoko j i sa id '"Why don ' t 1 'ou sa1 ' seven l " Se ihÓ sa id , "The momenryou say se\ 'en. erght wi l l íol low' ' ' Hokoj i saic1. . .okay.
okay' ' ' Seího saíd. . .You clrn add as much as 1'ou l ike' ' 'Hokoj i then shouted, "Karsul" Seiho also shor.rrecl ,"Katsu l "
MASTER KlDÖ
1n place of Se i l r ö ' s shout, sa l ' . , .H ökoj i has a l rva1 's been onc of greatwisr . lom."
MASTER HAKL]IN
Drums are p layed on the sourh mor-rnta in.Dances are performed on the north mounra in.
l 'L ,qÍ\ S.A} ' l \ t l ; l f there is water-minc]. there is í is l r -minc] [ i .e ' . scr l r tchrny back an.' l I' l l scratch yoursl.
\ ( )TE , H0ko j i a sks Sc ih J t o r rhc ( \ r c r ) r . r i h i * cn l i gh renn) ( , t ) r . i 1 rr i 'h ich point Sr- ' iho ( in ' . !í l rere har 'e t 'or . t | .cen]. ' ) thrt l r r 's the l . l r l l l . l rckat HDkoj i . When l .ot l ' r rea l i :e rhar rhc orher rv i l l r . ror t iea l i r ' i r l . r. .n leasurenlents, ' '
Hokor i anJ Seího 1r iav t l - rc . .n l tn lber ganlc , ' 't le l ig l ' r rcd w i th t l ' re i r murual unc lerstanr l ing rhar th is has norhing roc. lo with rr ,hat ther 's tartet l ta lk ing at .otr t . As t l rcr t ís r-ro latrghrerstroÍ1g enor-rgh to cxpress r l . r is sp i r i r - t rcC c l . lcot l t l tL . r . rhe trr . t l c t l t lc l r . r . l t .i t u ' i th a roar ing "Katsr-r l " A l l the co lnntcnts s l rggesr r l - rc harmonl 'F ( f \ \ ' ( cn Hok ( ) l r i i l r ( l 5e l ho .
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Here You Are, Old Cow,!Masrer isan sa."v [rhe nurr] Rvütetsuma coming' so hegreeted her. saying. . 'Here vou are, old cow]' ' RyÚtersumasaic l , "Tomorro!r ' there is going to be a dinner mecring i ' l rMount Tai. Is Your Reverend goingl" Isan lay down in asleeping posture. Ryütetsuma then went out '
MASTER KIDO
Ryütetsr:mir says I instead of leav ing] ' , .There is nothíng great enoughto rcwart . l m}' maste r suíí ic ient ly . ' .
MASTER HAKUIN
To l ie on the bec l in a s leeping posrure.
I ,L .A iN.\A} ' i \ ,Q. Er 'en ií she is a nun. do not take her l ight ly .
NOTE' From lsan 's ca l l ing Ryurersuma "o l . l cow" we should drau' noother conc lus ion bur rh i r t she w'as o ld and far . In h is "s lecpingshow," Isan suggesrs rhar he coul . l not crre less abrout rhe c l innermcet ing at Mount Tai .
In h is response Kid ö Suggests that Rt .Úretstrma th i lnk Isan Íor h isreaching. The p la in say ing is nor intcnder l as a rc l 'uke ro Isan for h is"roughness" b,ur as a pra ise tor R l r r rctsLrmrr. V 'h i ic rhcrc is l .erhap.no room to cr i t ic i :e her. i t i s not quire c lear f ronr rhe koan w'hy sheclescrves praise.
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L ef t. tur nin g, Ríght. tur nin g?
Master Shiko asked Ithe nr,rn] Rvr-rtetsuma Ire rsron, imeanS . . i ron mí l i . . l ' . . I har .e long hearJ o f 1 'our nanrc ' l .u rI wonder i f what I har ' .- . heard is rrue." Ryritetsuma saic-I,. . I t i s perhaps a 1 i t t l e exaggerated . ' ' Shíko sa id ' . . i s i t l e f t .tu rn ing or r ight . rurn ing l , ' R ,vűte ts r - rma sa id . . .Do not mixth ings up. " Sh iko bear her ,
N,{ASTER KlDÖ
Ryütetsunra says { instead ot . .Do not mix th ings up' ' l . . . i t i s a gt l t l . . lth ing that others do not knou' ."
VÍASTER HAKL.I\
Where rhe rn ["darkness"] and ro [" l ighr"] do not rcach. rhcre is agood view'.
1 'L .{1\ .s/\Y '/\Q, Even a Buc ldha is not ahlc to knou.
NoTE. ln h is f i rs t sar inq Shik.r reír . rs t() (hc \ .(\nn(rt l t t i t l t t o l 1r1rq ' . .1.( . . i ron ' ' ) i r l the nun's nanle. S incc Rr.úter.stIma. ' l t res not c len1' the1lra ise impi iet] in Shiko 's gÍcct ing. Shiko tack les hcr rhrt lLrg l l t l re. .n l i l l ' ' part of l . rer nanlc ' ln . .Do not nr ix th ings r ' rp ' ' ' R1 'ütctsr . tn lasLrggests t l rar she ' , ' , ' i l l not bt ' takerr i r r bv Shiko. Shiko sccn-rs r() inrcr-prct hcr at t i tur ie as l .e ing conceircr l , rn. l L 'eats hcr for i t .
A l l the comnrents suggest that i t i s imposs i[ . le to knovu,r . ' , ' l - rnr theothcr rea l lv is . V 'hcre the i r r anr l the .o . lo nr . r t rcach is thc p lucervl.rcre ol.Jcctir'e a.ssessmctlt is irr-rpossít.le. and t|rc..gtlotl r' ierv'. is tlrr.rssecn onl l ' L ' r ' the sr-r t ject h inrse l f .
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Smooth, Sluilt
There was a monk l ir ' ing ín a hermitage at che foot of themoltntain of }v{aster lsan's monaster}'. N{aster Kvózanflsan's disciple] went to this monk ancl quoted lsirn as say-ing. " 'Man1' people have smooth work ing. bur not swi f rworking.' This is rvhat Isan savsr r ' , 'hat clocs it meanl" Thenronk askcJ Kr 'ó:an tO rcrcat. So Kro:an repci-ttct l i t onecaga in and r ras k i cke . l in rhe ch . . t b ! . rhc monk ' K1 ' ö : . rnrvent back and told Isan rhe u'hole scor\,. isan iaughedhear t i l v .
MASTER KlDÖ
When K l ' ö : r1 I l \ ! ' as k i cked. sar . . . . I
thoLrght t ' t l r . t h l t t l t l c r ' c r scc t l l sa t l . . '
N'ÍASTER HAKUlN
Rough l
l )L ,{ . l \ ' . \ . {} 1\ ( l : You havc a l re : r r l v mcr the master . haven ' t you l
NOTE: The re is rrctr.ral l l ' not mr-rch cl i ffere nce L't 'ru een "snrooth
rvork ing" anr l " su ' i f t * 'o rk ing . " Thc t l r r cs t ion i s in tcnr le ( l to tcs trvhethr ' r t l . r c n- ronk i s rakcn in L ' l ' spccr ' r l a r ion . Rr 'mak ing Kr ' ö : l tnrelrcat rhc c1t.tcst icln. rhe rr lorrk r-rr lrkcs Kl ' ö : lrn ílr l l ír.rtt l thc tra1r hchinlsel i hat. l set. The kicking gir.cs Kr'ó:an a r i1stL. clf the n-r.. lnk s o!\ 't l"uork ing" ; th i s ac t ion s ( .1 'n - l s to ga in l san ' s l r1 - rprovu l . Thc conrnrents
l - r ra i se thc nronk ' s " r io rk ing , " sL lggcs t ing rh i r t I ' , c knc* ' l sa r - r ' s Zcn noless th l r r r l saI - r ' s t l i s c ip le K l ' ó : l ln .
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only ThísMaster Beirei said, "Nothing goes be,von. l i r ." At that an-ronk asked. " l u 'oncler rvhar ir is thar cannor be sur.passed." Beirei said. "Onlv this." The monk later askedMaster Chokei, "Why [did Beirei say] 'Nothing goesbeyond it '] ' ' Chókei said' . .Wel l ' then. what would you
l l . a t )
c a l l l t l
vnsrtR xtot
Chokei says, "One who hears the sound [bur does not undersrandthe meaning]."
MASTER HAKUIN
The butterf l ies come and are gone, f ly ing over the wal l ,Making me wont{er i f spr ing is nexr door.
P|A/\ ' . \ÁY1\ 'C, Each rvas enough_why can' t he see throughl
NOTE, Irr h is say ing Beire i refers ro saror i (enl ighrenment) . The monkdoes not understand, and Beire i makes h is meaning c lear in "Onlyth is" ( i .e . , "here, now"). St i l l at a loss, rhe monk asks Chokei; Chokersuggests that i t i s not the k ind oÍ th ing that can be answered inwords.
K id ö ' s comment and rhe p la in say ing i ronica l ly imply the monk'sfa i lure to understand Beire i , whereas Hakuin 's subst i tute ohrasegives the answeÍ to . .only th is . ' '
9Z
70
No One Saro'
Master Kökei rr 'as askecl br' Master Fr.rkctsr-r, ..When
Burldhisrn rvirs destroyecl Iin Cl'rir"ra. ,{ D E.l5]. rvhe rc haclor.rr gr.rar. l iat l gt.rt l gone1' ' Kokei saic{.. .Hc u't ls ír l tI lemarketplacc'al l the r ime. onl ' , ' no one siru' hin'r ." Fr-rketsr-rsaicl. "Yor-r hnve unrlerst,.ro,,'1. "
MASTER KIDÖ
Fuketsr . r sa i ' s . " l know'1 'or . r r r re weak."
N'ÍASTER HAKL]lN
\)íc rnect not kr'rou'ing tach othcr'We ta lk not knou' ing each other 's narnc.
l 'L.-\l\ .\.\)' l\ti: There's r.rtrthing to l.c .l. 'rn.'- ', or-rr mincls urc lrotstrong enough to keep thc fa i th.
NOTE, The koan antl conrnents sLrggcst that Br"r.l. lhisn'r is norsomet l) ing c lcpcn. lcnt on sr . rp 'ernatura l p()\\ 'ers . As rvc l rk un.{Lrnre l iab le as h l tmlrn t .e ings mirr 'be. ta j th is st l le i l l r ml l r rer c lí sc l f -reali;at ior.r.
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Today Is aHoliday
Orr thc clay' oi the uinte r solstice [u hcn irr (",,1arkness") isi r t an encl and r 'o ("t ight")takes ovcr- in tcntpics, this c la i 'is nrarkecl L" 'v a celebrat irrn], Mlster J irnvo put r,rp theI ' t r l l t ru ' in{ s ign in l ' r t r t t t r r f lh r ' t cn tp le l r , r l l ,
ooo
l i n r y ó sa i t l . . . \ \ ' h t l c \
c r t l l l ( l c rS ta r l t l s t l - r i s ' i s t l t - t c r i i r h l i f e . ' 'Thc hc i r r l n ronk sa \ \ ' t h i s an t l sa i . l . "Mas t c r . r o r l av i s i rho l idar ' . r ' t ' rLr knou' ."
N,ÍASTER K l tX)
The hca . l n ronk s in ' s , "1 sha l l go , - lout . r to rhc - . i ck ro . rnr to r ) 'o r r rRcvcrc rr. l . "
N '{ASTER I I ,A ,KL ]N
To . lrau a car lry cc-r1-rvir-rg.
i ' 1 . ' \ l \ ' \ . . \ \ ' 1 \ ' ( 1 , B c i n ghea l r h r ' , I n c e . l mc . l i c i n e l i k e a i r o l c i n t h ch t ' a r l .
NOTE: ln s l rggcs t ing t l . r r r t the on. ' r lho l rn . le rs ta r r . l s t l . re c l i v ina t ionsvnrbo l rv i l l be en l ig l . r r cnc . l . l imro i s l av ing r r r rap . The monk nhcrs t ' t ' s th ro t rgh l in r lo ' s mind s r - rggcs ts ( i r r "Toc j i r f i s a ho l i c l i r r ' " ) that h ti s "c . r l ' r c * i th l i f c " n l i r ight . In moc ic rn t in rcs . d iv inur ion has b ,econresonreu 'har or r r t ] l r t c t ] . Thc re l . l c r mav thL l s rcp l i l g . I imvo 's s ign r r i th. tn-v s t i r t cmcnt o f "p i l i l g5oph ica l t r l r th" ; s t rch u ch l r - rgc nr r tv cnhr r t - t c , :t h r ' k r r l r n ' s e l i , . ' , t t \ . i r l r r . r r t l t l r e r i r t g i t ( n ) r ' i ) l t i r ) ! .
K i c l f ' s
conu l rcnt , u h i ch rc l . l i r ccs thc n- r r rnk ' s suv i t ' rg . i s anothcrex i l tnp le t l í
, . l . e i r rg o t l c r r ' i rh 1 i t . . . ' ' c r . c r r J l t l . l l tngt ragc . I . Iakr . r i r l ' s sL r l . -
s t i t r - r te phrasc r r r r t l p la i r . r sav ing sLrggcs t t l . ra t r l . r c r l i v ina t i , . rn s ig r - r i . sr l can i r rg l css a r - r . l i r l r so l r - r t c lv sup.c r t l L ro l r s i f , . rnc i s in one ' s natura lst lttc oí rnitrt].
rL1trtffi
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No Trace
A rr-ror- ik askc. l Masrcr Dogo. "The bo. lhis irrtv ir [or theenl ighrenci l onel holc ls no occult Lro\\ e rs. \t 'h,v is i tin-rp'r6s5i i1 l . ro tracc his focrtpr ints l" Dogo said, "Onlvthose oí the sl-tt .t le u. l l t ' kn. l . ' r ' h inl . . 'The nlonk saic l . . . f)cres
Yotrr Rer,t.rentj krrtlrr' l.rir'rl]' ' Dógo slri.1, .'l c]o t-tc.lt knclri'. ' 'The monk saiii, "\!'l-rv tlo .vor.r llot kno\\'1" Dogc'r saiii,"BegorrcJ Yrru rlo not LlnrL'rstan.l mr' \\'orrls."
I ' laSTPn XlDl l
On l l l . ecar rsc I a rn s in ' r i lu r .
N , ' I , \STEI{ I ]AKL IN
Th is i s u . 'h l t Mr rs tc r C ie nsha sa ic l .
l ' i ' , \ i \ ' \ . , \ ) ' í \ i ] . L ikc t l l c g tx l . l t l . r i r lg t l . ra r c r l t . t . ' . ca l s i t s r ' l l l l re t lec1 .u' ir l .r in itselt lncl l , .rr 'tks n'ort l .r less, l ikc a gentlemrtn *ho appcars rts aioo l , i t i s q r . r i t c in . rposs i l . l c ro knou ' rhe rock- i .o t tom t i cprh .
NOTE ' The cn l ighter re ' c l o l r c . not t c ing t . rk t .n in tv ant c rne s i t r . ra t io t ' t ,never s topswl ' r c re the moment has f lou 'n on; i r i s rhus " imposs iL ' l c t c rt r l rec h i s Íooc1.11n15. . ' l t Dogo sa i . l hc
. .k t t . ' r . ' . . ( ( 'n l ight tnÍn\ . r r t ) . hcr i ' o r r l . l h , r r . ' l c l r i r t o o r l . r i n r .
Ki. lo strggcsts thlrt insteat-l . '1 g|-1x'sing thr- mollk aw.ar. ' Dögoex1. l l a i r l that be ing cn l ig | r tc r - re . i h in l se] f . hc . ]c tes not kno\\ ' th t í t - ro t -pr in ts o f c r r l ightcnrnent . T l ' r c re tc rcncc o i H l rkLr i r r ' s s r rhs t i r r - r te phrascto Master Censha i s not c lear . The 1- . l x i11 s r rv ing -s r rggs5ts rhc . l i f f i c , . r l t vr r l r r . r , ' i r r , ' t h ' ' , ' ' r l i . ' h r , ' n c . l .
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WhatW|LLYouCaLI It?
Master Kinpo picked r'rp a pillou' atrt{ sai.-'1. "Evcr-vbotl1'
cal ls this a^pi l iou' , but I sav i t is t ' r t-rt ." A monk sr i i t i ,. ,Wel l . what i l ' i l l vou cal l i t1 ' ' Kir ' rpó pickec1 lrp thc pi l lou'
agir in and sait ' l , " ln that c i lse. i shal i f ol lou' u' l -rat
" i , . .ybo. ly e' lsc . loes." Then hc at l . lecl , "What r i ' i l l vo. cal l
i t] ' ' The monk saic l . . .A pi l lorr ' . ' ' Kinpó s lr i t] . . .\ ' t l tr l -rar 'c
fa l l en in to my t rap . "
MASTER KIDT
When the monk sa ,vs , "A p i l l o rv , " to throu thc p i l l o r " ' r ig l - r t i r r t c l
h i s iace .
MASTER I.IAKLIIN
To I i e o n t h c h e J i n , r s l c t f i r r g p o s t t r r c .
I ,LAIN SI\ \ ' ]NQ: The eas t mount i - l in [oí Kvoto l looks l i ke i r n lan
s leep ing unc . le r a b lanket .
r-OTE, Kinpo suggests thirt things are there to l .e r-tse.l . not to be
n i rmeJ , K i . {o o f t . , r s K in1 .9 . l mor( c fí t , . . r i r ' c ICS}r1 l651 t t r the t t t t rnk . '*
answer . , , vhereas Haku in ' s subst i r r r te phrase r rnc i p la in say ing s i rnp ly
sLrggest the fornt ancl rhe Ltsage of a pi l lorv. The samc rl-rcmc also
npp.'.. irr pirrt 1 of Qetrclai S. ir len Hr'órr,rrr (koan .]1).
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From Where Do You Enter?Master Kin:arr rr' irs sitting i i ' irh )l,Íaster Se1lpo llnci Maste rGantó. Master To:an serr e. . . l thenl tea. K in:an hac l h ise1.es c losed. Tó:an sa id '
. . \\ ,here hat 'e t .c l l . t gonel ' ' K inzan
saic l , " l had entered inro mecl i tar ion." To:an sa ic l . "Thereis no c loor to meditar ion; f rom u'herc c lo vc l r r enrer l"
MASTER KIDO
Kinuan sa i 's I instea. l of " l had enrerec] inro mec{irar ion" l , " l anr r i ret ltociai '. "
)vIASTER HAKL' lN
To look lef t anc l r ight , appear ing ro be l . r . rsr ' .
I'L,,\/\.s'{}./\(j: l hlr'e rr'orkctl so lrar..l íron-r earl,v rnornir-rg thatcon.rp letc ly ' exharrstet l .
I"OTE, K ic lCr 's commcnt anc l Hakr.r in 's p la in s i rv ing suggcsrTo:ar-r cr i t ic i :es K in:at l . Haktrír l ' s su l .s t i rLrre 1 l l . r rase is nc l t c ie l l r .
I anr
wh1'
( )
\Yhat Is the U se of Knou'ing/
A tr l t lnk asket l \,Íaster Cet lsha. . .Tl .re rast. vr ' i t . le rr 'or ld isl ikc a L ' ' r ig l-rt pearl . \\ 'hv r lon't I knou this l" Ger- isha saic 'I ,"V1l ' rat is t l -rc r-rsc ol knou' ingl"
\1 ,{STER K1D.)
( l c r r sha s r r i . s . " \ \ 'h r ' . . l , . r vou ha lc t , . r l ' r L r r r v r r r - r r sc l t l "
\{ASTER I I ,{KL ' I \
V 'hat i s that l .e torc vonr evcs l
/ ' / - \1\ \ \ ) i \ r i ; Hc1 ' , r 'o r . r . . l r r t ) ' t r l a l r l r r ' i u t ) l
N()TL ' ; L )ocs thc r r . t l r l . l k r - r t r r r ' i r s t1í] l f r .oLr sp l i t i t i r r to s . . r l . i cc r l r r l . ]q f je c t , l o t r o t ' r l r ' "hur t voLr rsc l f . " I f r r . l r " . lu r ' . l r cunr" ubor r t rhct , i { L ' r r r ( ' t , l t l t e r i r r r l . l . \ ' \ \ r . l , l r ( ' l - , ' t r r r . l t t ' t t r i s r n l t l r ( i i " r i g } r r l . e t o r cy ou r r 1 ' c s . "
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Where Hsue rhe Noises eone?\ü,het.r Master Cens1.ra tírst c l l rr lc. to Hoclen Distr ict. l r l1scrrts of pc.rformances \l'erc l-relci ttr grcet him. Tl.rc ncxtc1a,v he askerl Priesr ShOtO. "\\'l-rcre har.e all rhc r-r.ises *,c,hcard vcsrercla) ' go'rel" Shoto l i f rc 'J rhc hem .1- rr is g.*'rr.Gensl ' ra sair l . "That has norhing ro r lo r i . i r l . r i r ."
ivt,r,STEp rltlt
) l t ( ) t o s : l Y s .
k in. l r re ss.1 'v r ' r L r t r o n r t l - r c L . o f t o n r . r i n r r ' l r c l r r t l o r . r ' t l u r
r n i n r l , f J i r k L r i n ' s s L r l . s t i t r . r t e l . h r u s c , r r r . loí l . c i r lg r ig l r t r r ' l l c r . c t l r l c l t i t l . l . t I l s t t r 1 . tl rny ' t r t l t c r s i t r r l t i r ln ) .
MASTER I ] AKL ' I \
A ch i l . l r o t h c r r g l i n e s s o f i r s n r r r r h c r
i , I\ / \ \ . \ ) Ve r t ' t t t r t t t r t l t r c r t t r t c r r . s r r 11111 , l - t
Nt)TE ( l c . s l r i l s r l L l r ' s t io . i s gc r - r r r i . c 2 , . ' . i . t c . . l , . , . l to t r r l i g l r t c r i5 l t ő r t l . 5 h ó r o . i r l . r Z e r l l i k c l l l l l l l l l c r . t r i c s r t l s t l g gÜ s t I l i s r I t l . l . ' r s t l t t t t l 'i l rg . l . L r t C l cnsh l sccs t l r r r r t rg i r h iu r .
l r l K i . l ó ' s l .ÜS l ) ( ) I ] \e . S l l ó t ó t l rkcs l ] l l ) ( ) r1 ' l ] i l t ( l r i l ] l t t r i t r r t i c l l t t t lt l l t t t l ks ( l c I l s l l l r fo r h i s t c l r c l t i t lg . . {s l tg l t i r l s t S l l ö r ó ' s sc l i ' . . t . t t s . i t l t t s
l . i l r i n s l r v i n g s ugg ! s t t l ) e s t i l t e' ( t t t I i e \ \ ing pcr t r \ f l t ) i t r ] ( ' r \ ( ) r
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What ls the Thing You CalI "Qate"?Master Gensha and Master J izo had a talk in a room.When it was late at night, Gensha said, "My attenclanthas closed the gare already. How can you get out l" J izosaid, "What is the thing you cal l 'gate'?"
vnsteR xIoö
J izo sa1's, "We are l ike father and son."
MASTER HAKUh'
Fu rhe r i r n r l ( on a r r ' s i ng ing i n ha rmon i .
l ' ]LA/\ S,A) ' iNC, Wel l , then, let 's lay our rhe mattress.
NoTE , l n h i s i r n su r r r t r Ccnsha ' s "gacc ph r : r s c " J i : o suggcs r s rh i r r hc i sí r c c e r i ough no r t o c J rC roo mr r ch l t l . o t r r . l i S t i n c r i ( )ns ( t l í ' . I ' ' i r n . ;"yor.r ," or "here" an. l " there") .
K i do ' s con )ment an t l Hak r - r i n ' s suhs r i t r . r t c ph rase echo . J i : l ' si l l . l s\\ 'cr . l f 1 'otr t l t l r - rot c{í. , ' i t le thc rvor l t l br .pr . r t t ing t l l r ' .g0tes, ' rhtr t i 'rca l l i no i l i s r inct ior-r bctu 'ccn " l " anc l vorr ," or " in" arr , .1 "orr t ." Theplain slrvir-rg is l l ..nlrir 'e' ' rcspoÍ1st: tcl the .ratctlct-rt rhat thc gatc isciclsc.l.
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Too OutspokenMasrer Kyözan was wait ing on Master Isan when sud-denly the cry oÍ a bird was heard' lsan said, . .It says i t as i tis. ' ' Kyözan said, . .Do not tel i i t to other people' ' ' Isansaid, "Whyl" Kyozan said, " l t is because ir is roo out-spoken. ' ' lsan said. . .Lots of doctr ines are reíuted byKyözan. ' ' Kyözan said' . .What is al l this refr-rtar ion busi-nessl" Isan knocked on his Zen seat three t imes.
MASTER KIDO
Kyözan says. . ,There ís nothing that can l .e hic lden from you, isthereJ"
MASTER HAKUIN
The giant bírtl s1-',rellt ls its rr' ings ant] fl ics tt1l it-tttl rhc clotrcls r', 'hichclr.crshlttlt lrr. e\.er}' d írectlon.
The u,h i r l r i int l w'h ips rr1 ' t t l . rc $ ' i r tcr of the forrr seus.
it,.\i,\' .\,A)'/\'(j; I an.r very l 'rappy ro scc rhar Your Reverer-rrl is ir.r gitoclsl}lpe .
NoTE; lsar-r sLrggcsts thar the "cr1 ' -ot-rhe-h i r t l " Zcr . r ( i .c . , "hr- . re, now")is just i t . Kyó;aI-r agrees [ . t r t intp l ics th l t ht ing roo. lírect , i t i s noteas i ly r . rndcrstc lo l l . ln "Lots o i docrr ines are refurec l by Kvo:an." lsanpraises Ki' ö:an }'ct i lt the sanlc. tit l le lal.s lr rra1l. lt Ki' ö: lrn asketl,..Whar clocrrÍrres]' ' he'"vtltrld pror'e that l-rc t]itl nor realIv hear the cr', 'o f the b ' i r t l . But Kyó:arr is r . rot takcn in, ant l l san, knock ing on h isse i l t ' ap l r ro\ 'es cr f Kyó:arr ,s say ing i t . .as i t i s . ' '
Both K i t]o 's co l] lmcnt ( insreat . l of Kyó:an 's . .What is a l l th isrefr . l tat ion btrs incss] ' ' ) an. . l rhe p la in sn,v ing in.rp lv K l ' ö :an 's ac lmíss ionof lsan 's r , rnt lcrstanc l ing. Hakrr in 's subst i rLrre phrase strggests thepower anc. l r 'ast t j imensíons oí the . .u 'ork ing ' '
of lsan and Kyózan.
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I Almosr LetYou (jo
Master Chokei aske,- l a monk, "\\ 'herc have vou comefrorn] ' ' The morrk said. . .From N'Íaster Ku:irn. ' ' Chokcisaic l , "Ku:an had once saiJ rhat he r i 'or-r lc l never cross thethreshold of the Stone gate [oí his temp1e], If sortteoncaske. l yor- i i r l .our rhnr. r i 'hat u'or-r lc l 1 'or-r savl" Thc nronksaic 'I , "Last night I sravet l ar Haij i Temple." ChTkei sair l ."V ' l ' ra t i f Ih i r vou r ig l ' r r on rhe back u ' i th thc s r i ck l " Thcmonk saiJ, " l i Yor-rr Rcvercn,- l gires nre srrch ir srrokL'. i fl l ' i l l L.e a prais*r 'ort l-rr thing." Chokci sai i l . " l a lnrt- 'sr lcryoL l go . "
N lASTEI{ KI I )O
L ight thc f i r c a r r . l l ) l i r \ ' f r r sc r l re r .
\ 1 , . \ STE l i J ' . \ K t I \
Yor - r I r r tvc re l r ] l v sce n Kr . r : l rn .
i ) i - . \ 1 \ \ ' \ ) l \ t j , l f v t r r r l t o l r l i r f e a s r , I ' r n a l n r t v s u v r r i l r r L . l c .
N()TE; The nror rk rc f r r scs to l . c r r rkcn in l . r r l r c p ro i . i cnr t r t Ku: r r r r ' sl c a v i t r g ( ) r l t o t l e a v i r r g h i r t e r t r p l c u n t l s i n r P l l r ' c f c l s t o I r i , s r r u n s i f t u r -t ion . l r r th i r r l l c . ] t l cs w.e1 l . Ht t r r ' c rc r . r r ' I t c I l ChTkc i t r f íers t t l h i t l r i r r r 'l r c i s roo rca , . l t to acce p t .
In sp l l s o l Chokc i ' s - ss1gg! '5g j1rn r l r i r t r l re nr , - rnk . locs n l r r s t i rn . l L r l , [ , ,thc tes t ( . . l l l l r r r c rs r l c t 1 'o t r go ' ' ) ' K i t1ó ' s co l l l l l l c I ] t a r l t l l l l r k t r i r l . s s t r l . -s t i t L r te phrasc l .o t l ' r i r lp lv Chokc i ' s a r ' . cp t iu rcc o f rhe nr r rnk . Thcp la in s i l r . i r lg cc l l t r cs t l l c l l t . . t l k ' s s t t l . . t r l íss i r ' c l t r t i t r . r t l c ro C l l ókc i ' s t r f fe rto g i r ' c h i r r l a . . s t i ck tÍe i l r l l l t l ) t .
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Master Unmon lskec l N,Íaste.r Har i 'o . . ' \ ' , l i l s rcr Sepp.- , haJ
sa ic l , .O1. 'gn
the c{oc l r ant1 Darr-rn la IBoc1hi .1haÍma. rheíotrnder of Zt 'n] comcs in. , V 'har c l i J he mel ln l .} ' thar] ' 'I larvo srr ic l , "This h i ts vou in r l - rc nose. L lnnron sa ic i ,"V /hen Sh l r r a I a l egcn . l a r v go r i o t ua r ] l o s t h i s t empc r , hcgrabbe.i Mcrr-rnt Shun'ri, \\'rr)t Llir ttr heai en. lurrl con-írot l rc- t] Ta ishakLr [a lcgen. larr . go.1. Shtrra.s t ' t lcn l r , ' | ,Burt 'u l 'hv c l ic l he havc to go to Ia l . r r r - r r t r l ' r ic le h inrsc l f l "Harr ' ó sa i t . l . . . \ 'oLr l . r lc l t .et tcr t . r i l t t i l i t lk oI i t th is rvar ' . ' 'Unnrc l r r sa i . l . "\\ 'c l l , t l . rcn. u h l r r , .1 i .1 \ ' ( )L l n)e i)n hcf r r rc i . r '' l ' r
i r r i r - rg '1"
)v l . \STEI\ K l l ) ( )
I l l l r r ' ó s l t l ' s I t r l s r e l r . l r l t . . \ ' t l L I
l l l t . j l . e t t . ' r r l r l t t I l i l l k . 1 1 11 5 | 1 i . r r ' l r r ' ' ' I" r \ t s r . r r ' h a n ug t ' t l r c v s i r o r r l . . i k no r i i . e r t c r . "
\1,{STtrR I i ,{ K l. IN
Thunk \ ' ( )L l , n r i r s rc r . f ( r r \ ' ( ) r l r c f i r , r t t t ,n nr r l . t l r r r l t
I ' l - . \ l \ ' \ . \ ) i \ t j : \ ' l t r s r c r , \ ' ( ) u r l r r u l r c l r . l r n r l r l r n e c . l i l t \ r , i t r 5 . s l . , l r l e l r s ct l ke c i r r c o f vor r r o l . l l . r rncs anr ' l r lon ' t g( ) l t r ( )L l l r r l r ' r r teh ing ro l r l s .
Nt )TE l I r r . .T l r i s h i t s \ ' ( ] t l i l l r I l t . . l l ( ] sc ' ' ' l l l t r r 'o cx} . rcsscs t l l e eíícc t i r ' c
" $ r r r k i l t { " 1 r f i . ' 1 . 1 . f i . , r V i n S . I r ) r ) t ( , n r i l ) r l ( ' r \ 1 , i l ) \ l r t l t . " l r r r t i n g 'tnc tapht l r as sL lggÜst i l l g p( ) \ \ ,e r a t l t i sh i l r l . t l ess r . l i l l c t i t l t r l r r l t i r i t l i cL r IesHlrr l .t l rhrcltrgh rlrc
' . ' ,r 'ars .. l f gt lt]s ' ' ]egctlt l . sLrggcsrir lg t irat Zcrl is t lí l imorc 11r r i c t , cver l ' c lu . " ' na ture .
Kit io Lrtfe rs it l ttorL' u' irrv resl.crttsc tr,r Harvt t irur-r thirt gir rn in t l 'rrk r lan . ln th i s l tns r r ' c r ' h . : s r . tggcs ts t l . r c íLr t i l i t r ' o f t . r r . c r t l t l i t . tg rh i r rgs . Thcsun i r : i t l cu i s imp l ie r l in the p la in suv i r . rg .
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I Haue Not Been to theHaILYetWhener'er an)'one new arr ived, Master Tozan cyósowotr ld ask, . .What do you make oÍ the story of MasterIsan turning into a male bufíalo] ' ' No one showed anyr.rnclerstanding. When Master Sercho arr ivecl , TozanGyoso also asked him the Same qLlest ion. Setchö said,, .He ,,vanced to set an exampie for those aíter him.' 'T-o;an Gyös ö was about to Say something rvhen Setchomacle a sweep with his cushion an.. l turned to leave.Tö;an Gyös ö said, . .Come here. ' ' Setcho said, . .I har 'e notbeen ro the hal l vet."
MASTER KIDO
Say [when Tö :an Gvóso was about to sa,v something]. . .What d id thebuífa lo say l ' ,
MASTER } IAKL IN
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l, l-,.\l\.S,{)' i\tj; Tr.rrnitlg into a b'r.rfíaltl atlcl. on all ftlr.rrs. [.cl lclrr,-i ng , "Moo l "
NoTE, Bt 'a io ic l ing arrv reference to rhe "pro l . lent" of thc koan onlsar-r ( r r 'hcrhcr to co l l Isan. rebc ' rn as a bt l fía lo, . .hLrfÍal t . ' ' or . . Isan ' ' ) 'Setchó cscilpes Tözan Cyósö's trirp. Hc .locs nor wait for TozanCyoso's pernlíssioI.t arrcl gocs striright to the hal| (to Llndergo rhcel.ltÍi)l lce ;lrocedttre to the monasterv). Behar'ing thr-rs. Setcho pro\'esthat he knows what he is there for and rhat as f i r r as I ' rc is conccrned.ls i rn ma1'be " lsan" or a " l .uf fa lo," he coLr lc l nor care lc .ss .
K ido sLrggests that SetchT shorv h is ind i fíerence ro rhe . .problcm' '
of lsan turn ing into a buffa lo b1 ca l l ing Isan . .buífa lo. ' , Hakr.r in 'ssubst i tute phrase and p la in sav ing suggcsr a s in-rp le response ro"buffa lo."
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It Is So; It Is Nor SoMaster Kyozan and Master Kyógen were making r icecakes when Masrer lsan came to see them. isan saicJ.. .\(/hen Master Hyakuj ö u 'as l i r ' ing. he knerr ' i t wel[. ' 'Kyözan and Kyögen looked at each other and said. . .Who
can answer this l" Isan said. "Somc'one can answ'cr i t ."Kyözan said' . .WhoJ' ' Isan pointed to a buf falo ancl saic. l .. .Say i t l Say i t l ' ' Kyö:an fetche. l a b,rrncl le of grass whi leKyogen got a bucket of water. The buífalo ber-rt i ts heac].ate the grass, and drank the u'ater. ]srn saic{, "1r is so.It is so. l t is not so. l t is not so. ' ' Kyó:an arrt j Kvógenborved Ito the buífaIo]. Isan saic]. . .Somerinles br ight.sometimes dint."
l"íASTER KlL)ó
In p lace of lsarr 's "Sonre r in.rcs br ight . sonrcr i r lcs .1 i r .n," sar , " ,{ l le f forts are in vni t ' r . "
N,íAsTE l{ I lAKLr lN
Th is one ant i rhat r ' rnc hr rvc rhc nrer rns
l ' l-. ,11\'\,.\) 1\(l ' A sr ' , 'ort l t locs nof cut s\\()r(1. sPitar 11()c\ n()r cut sl) i lr 'e,wate r . loes not cut \\ ' i l te r.
NoTE: l r - r . .Hvakr r jo
k l l c r r ' i r r i ' c l l ' ' ' l sa r - r e l r l r l l c r lgcs K ' , ' ó : l r r l a I l . . lKyogen to l ) Io\ .e thar t l - rev ca t l . lO . . i t . ' . T l l c i . t r í ta l t l ' i t l s i t l l l l l . , , c l l r i t . t 'the grass anti r ' lr inkir.rg the r '" 'arer. is l .ror.rghr fLrrrh ro suggesr rvharHyakLrj ö
. .kncu' ' ' . Horr ' . . .r ' . ' r . irr L'orvir-rg tt l t i .re i .r. l|f lrIcl. Kr.ó: lrI l l tr lt l
KyögeIl clr 'crt lo thcir 1lart arrd t l-rus f lr l l intcl rhc t l lrr-rgcr of cc. lt.rftrsit- lgZen r r ' i th a bLr fía lo . In . .Son lc t imes
b ' r ight . s t t t r rc t in les . ] i r - r l . ' ' I sar - lsLlggcsts rhlrt r. l t l ing ir l ike the b'rrfílr lo t ic les not rr lcarl l .ccclnritrga bLrffalo.
K id l goes f r - r r r l - re r rhan Isan and í rc l t r i ca l i \ .S( lggcs tS th . . r t th t t r r , t lspo i lec l everv th ing in l ro rv ing ro rhc br r t ta lo . H i rk r r in ' s s t r l . s r i r r r rephrase and p la in sa1 ' i r rg ín lp ly 1 f i . . r . r s ing thc h t r f f i r l t l as a . . t r t c l t - t s ' ' i sa l l r íght as fa r i r s i t goes . 1 .e t t r ' r rn ing i t ín to t l . re th ing i t sc l í i s t l t l l esss tup id rhan t ry ing to k i ss one ' s ou 'n l ips .
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What Did You Sa;*?Master Seppö r ' is i ted ]VÍaster \ 'usen. V/hen Seppo rvasreadv to leal 'e, \ 'usen accompaniec' i him ro the grte i lndsaw hinr get inro the sedan chair. \ ' r- isen said, "This iscarried b-v four mcn. That one is carriec'l b,r' horv manymenl" Seppo leanecl for ' ,r 'arc l anc{ said, "V'hat dic l hesa1'1" Yuscn repeatet l L)t)c! ' n)ore. Scp.pe saic l , "Go. gol Hecloes not r-r nilerstat'r.1. "
\1 ,{STER KIDO
It . r p l l l ec t l í \ , t r sc r l r c l rea t i l l g ag i l i t l ' sa r . . . . \ ' t .u r
Rcr .e rc r t . l ' l . l e l l s . ' s i t s t i ] li n vot t r ser ]un chr r i r . "
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l l e r l r c l r r l ( ) t l \ ' ( ) u l
I ' i . . \ / \ \ \ ) l \ t j : " ( ) r r r h e, . l t r t r . l r - l r . ' , r r , ' l r r r l l r r ' l n el r c r r r c I r o l " I t r c t c n . . l i r t g t r r
I o f s c . l l r n t r t t ' t ' i e t - : l .
s l o 1 . g 1 l ' t " s t r r r s l r i n . ' s l r o t , r r t S L r : r r k r r i t i sl r t , l I n T . L r , ' J r i r r r r r r r r 1 1 1 - 11 j 11 s - | 11 r l , l i t t i g l r t lr i . l c r r s t . l i r n e l r i r i r . l r c i r r i n g t l r i s * o l k s L r ng
N()T l : : ln " ( l r i l t on(" \ 'us i l r r r c f . r s r ( ) t l ) f \e r l i tn c l r i t i r V ie r i r ' .1 in i t s" t r u c r ) l l t r l r e i l s r ) l r 1 o r l i i l ( " n t r t l r i r t g ne s : " o r ' " r ' r r i r l " ) . l i S c P1 . gansur rc . l th i s t r i rp - t l t r cs t i r rn , I rc r r t t i t l r l I l t vc to . l cnv t l ' r c r ' r i s rcnr 'e o tfhc . :c . l i r r r ch i r i r . In . tc i r . l hc t l l r kes Yt tscn re l . c i t t t l r . ' t ru r )c l r r ) l r scnsct \ \ ' t cc .
K i t io sL rgr l cs ts t l l l t t \ , t ' t se t l . . . r . t l . l i i . t r e e s ! . i l l l e ( l S t .1 l1 l [ ' s r t ' l l ( . t i t i ( )Í i 't r lp i f l r c t r c i r t c , . l the sc . l ru r . l r i i r r s t l re s r ' . l i rn e l r r r i r i t i s . I l r rk r - r in ' ss r , r l . s t i t l r t c phrase anr l p l l r in s r r r ing s t l i kc f hc s i rn tc l r ( ) te i r r r csp()nr l ingto the "go i l rg ( ) l r i l t r i1 l " s i t r -L r t i r r r i t r i r tn t r rc n l l t r l r r l \ \ ' i l \ ' .
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Y ou Haqe to Make Me Beat Y ou
A monk came to see Master Tokusan. He sudderr ly dreu'c lose. making a gesrure of rushing at Tokusan. Tokusansaid, "You are so impol i te that vou . ' leser ' , e a beat ing r.r i ththis st ick in my hand." The rnonk lc i t r i ' i th a svveep of hiss leeves. Tokusan said. " l 'd let i t go at thirt . bur 1'olrgot only half ." The monk turne. l brrck and shouted,"Katsul" Tokusan beat him, saving. "\ 'ou have to makc'me beat 1'or-r." The monk said, "Tl ' iere are br igl ' r t-eveclpeople on ever) 's ic le." Tokusan srr id, "Thev ar,- 'born w' i the,vcs." The mor-rk u'icler-reci l'ris evcs uitl'r l-ris hanrls. sni.l"Meou ' , " anc l l c f t . Tokusan sa i r l . "Thc Yc l lon ' R iver i sc lcar oncc cvcrv thrce t l-ror-rsantl vcars.
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l ' r r l q L t i t t l t i c t t s t . l n l t . l t t l l ' c l r t í t l g 1 -gp1 . |1 ' . l . t i t t t . . ] l r l i r j t r s t l r L l r . t l . l t t . l t
r r 'ork. I)r . t t son}e() l)| i t t 1.1. i5. , ' . ' ít . r l l l t . t lg t i l t t t . t t . r . l hc rr i ] l gro\\, ( . f i l t t \ . .
l t A sTu{ l t . {K t ' lN
It w' i rs that \\ ' i lv . sLrrc cnolrg i t .
i ' l - . \ l \ \ . \ ) 1 \ i ) : \ \ t h a t i r r r o r r t s r a r r . ] r n g n r onk l I ' e op l c u ' i l l s r r r e l v s r a n r iin an 'e o l h in r io r nra t r r ' \ ' ca rs r ( ) come.
NoTE, ln rr- rsh i r - rg r t r Tokr-rsan. thc nrorrk . i i sp lavs rhc " f rcc. l r ' ,nr-of-r l inc l Zen sht ,u ' . " Tokrrsrrn un( lcrstun( ls t l - rat rhc nronk is no nrL)rrthan rr roLrgh fc l ior . r ' i r r . r r ' l of fers to l .eat h inr tor h is i r rpol i terrcss. I r rt r , r rn i r - rg ro lcave, houevcr. t l ' rc rnrtnk g()cs ()rr r i ' i th h is "shttn ' . " Bvsa l ing "\ 'or-r gc ' r t onlv l - r i r l f . " TokLrsan lurcs tht 'nronk into r tn i t i i tp-propr iutc "kats l r" i lnr l l rcurs h i rn tor i r . To thc monk's suggcst iotrthat rhc. 'sc r r .ht l l rar 'e e\ .es ro sec rr ' i l l at]r l i t hís crr l ighterrnrcr . r t .Tokr.rsan re l t l ies thrr t , tnvonc u ' i th cvc,s i r r h is hcar l cotr l . l scc thrt t ' . rghrhc nronk. At r l r is rhc ntor . rk sLrggcsts thrr t i f r r l l rh l t i s nccr lcr l t t r"see " l r re c\es. e\ e Ir a caf hrrs 111g111. Jq lkrrs i tn eotrc lLt . lcs rhe argr. t t le t r tl . i ' s t rggcsr i r rg ( thro ' - rg l r t l rc "\ 'e i lou Rivcr" s i rv i t rg) rh i t t i t "Zen sh. . r r r ' "i s a e t l t t l I ' t t t l I t l r í t l r i r . v c t t i r c r c . t i t ] l i l l g i s s t ] . l o I l l s e c r l .
ln }-r is les l)() l lSc Ki . l ó sLrggcsts rh l t t rhe t-r-rot-rk is thoroLrghlr , '
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corrupted rvith faked Zen and that rl 'rere is no use in rlealing r.r' irh hisk ind. Hakuin 's subst i rute phrase is not c lear l u 'hereas the p la in say-ing makes sense only i f i t i s raken as i rony.
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A monk asked Masrer Dojo, "Wirhout being raken in bythe circumstances. how can one get hold oí , i . . , , .n.. oÍsee ing . and hear ing] ' ' DÖj r sa id , . . L i s ren ' ' '
The n lonkborved. Do j ö sa id . . .E r 'en i í the deaí can s ing a fo re ignsong, wherher ir is.g.ood. or bad,. high or low. he ..lo., n-otknow ir of himself ." The monl.r said, , ,[No marrer ho,uvf eqf on9 may bel the gr iginal essence of
'hearing is there,
i sn ' r i t ] ' ' Do j ö ' sa id , . .The rock s rands in empty Space , thet lre frurns under \\ 'ater. '
MASTER KIDO
Ca l l Iwhere the monk sa1,s ,' 'The or ig ina l essence of hear ing is there,
isn ' r i r l " l , "Come and stand over here." I f he hes i rates, sp i t at h imand dr ivc h im out.
MASTER HAKLIIN
As expectcd, he coulr l nL)r gcr hold of i r .
/ ,LAlN.\ .{) ' /\(] . You car-r ' r he ip seeir rg L ' loot l ií yoLr k i l l l l n .an.
NOTE: Thc . . ronk is ask ing tor rhc " . r ig i .ar serf" (or "Btr i r r lhanarrrre"-the soL l rce of the sense-c ' r . 'nts) . Dojo. w,ho u.c lcrstanr. lsthat the nronk is raken. in by rhe concepr ot- i r nc,r-rscr- ,s , ,"1 " .ar .n. . . . , , ,sLlggests that rhc rrlonk, insteatl tlf scarching íclr rlre ;;.,.. '...;; ..,the ' r ing, j r ' rs t " l i s ren." ln bo*, ing, rhe m,. ,nk p. . tcn. . l . r . , h"r ,"r.tnclerstclotl; at this Döjo suggests thlrt rl-re n-.,.,nk i. no lcss.... l.,fj 'than he was beíorc t'o',r,irlg. Tte nl<.,nk challenges Dojo w'ith th"J|.,.-'t r inc ' that "Budcjha n rure" (or , ,en l ight .n.J
1 i . , . , , . , i , , ,S ' ; i ; ; . ' l ;found ir-r. .rl l b,eings. counterir-rg rh" i ',,o,rk'. p..o..l*i., i i-
-*i,t,
"essence.," DolO. ln the "rock ,n.i f i.." sa1.ing r,-,gg.r* the spi.it-fi.,.("not-raken. in-b1 '-c i rcumsrances")u,a.v of , , .nt ign1l" . ,_t s . ; i ; ; ' ; ; '
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, K idd suggests a harsher wav of -"k ing the monk , , l i s re.n. , , Thepla in say i rg echoes K ido- 's commenr; i t a l .o ad 'ocares ,n. . r . i i , . .
way of teachíng.
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One Qot It, One Missed It
NÍaster Nat lsct l s l r i t ] to a r t lc lnk. ' .S ince
last r . r ig l r t rhcre 'sbeet ' r a n ice u ' ind." The monk sa i i l . "S ince last n ig l - r tt l - rere 's been a n ice u ' ind," Nansen sa id. "Thc u inc l brokea b ranch o f t hc p in r ' t r ee i n f r on t o f t hc ga t c . " The n ' r onksaid,
. .The t i ' i t . i c] brokc a branc l . r oí thc Lr i l le t ree in t r t r t - r t
. . lí the gate. ' ' Then Nansen s i r i . ] to anc- ' rher monk. . .S ince
last r líght there 's L.ecn a t l i ce rr ' inc] ' ' , The monk sa ic{."What rv i r - rc l l " Nansen sa i . l . "Thc u ' in, , l brokc a branchoí the 1 l ine trec in |ront o| r l l . . gate. ' ' Thc. r r lonk saíc l '"Whar p ine l" Nansen sa ic l , "Onr ' got i t , onc nr isset l i t . "
i\'íASTElt KltX)
l r ls tcad trí Ni t t - lsct . t ' s lasr 1.[1x.g. to s igh l lnt l sa\ . . . .A l . r . cc ln lp lctc r l t i t - t . ' '
\4ASTt rR H. \KL ' lN
T l rc rc l t r c l r ( ) t t \ \ ' ( ) suns i r r f l r c r rn iYr ' r scT l te l c i . s t tn] \ ' , . rn . ' t t t i rn I .e tuccn l ) ( ' l r vc l r l tn r . l c i r r fh
i ' 1 - \ l \ S . \ \ / \ ( 1 , T I r c r c ' s l l ( ) ( ) n r I k no r r .
) ' J r l1E . 11 . . ' . ' i . l I I )L ' t l l ( 'n ) ( . , l }1 l \ ( . l l r s i t t 1 . ; t r t l t ' i ( i . ' r r . l . r r \ " j i : . ' r l Hr ' í l r ' . , l t(k t )uns I l5 anc l t l7 ) . ln one o f thcse koans t , , r ' r r n ronks r lo cxac t lv thesr t t t r c rhrng (pr r l l i r rg r - rp r r r ' r r r t r r in ) . r ' c t N ' l : r s tc r I Iogen suvs , "Onc gr . r t i t ,ont 'n r i ssc t ] i r . " \ \ 'harcver Hogcr - r (o r , in thc prcsent casc , Nanscn)might havc secn, r (d shor r l i l not b ,c take n in b t rhc d i f t c rcncc [ . , : tw 'ecr rthc n ' " 'o nronks . Whcthcr thcv ac t thc sanrc or rc r . l i f f c rc r . r r l r ' , i f ont 'makes spccr , r la t i ve comprr r i sons l .u tu rc r r rhc r \ \ ' ( ) , our has fu l l e n i r - r r r - ra t r tp .
K ic1 ö in lp l i es that both n lonks fa i l ec l ' Th i s ma\ ' sL lggcs t the or 'e r l yc t . l t l sc j c l L ts Zen-] ike l l i ] t [ ] re oí th . ' r ] i l r ]ogr l r ' , o r i r l l l . t l ' be i t l t t . t l t ] c . ] l t s i t t . lad . . l i t i on l r l rÍap to the t rap the reac le r i s a l reat ] r . in i f he i s b reak ing h i sheacl or.er the cj ifícrence betr ' , ,een the tr '" 'o nlc. lnks. Haklr ir.r 's sr.rb-s r i t r . r t c phr r rsc anr l p la in sa i ing suggcsr r i m in . l nor sp l i r in r rvo .
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It Can KilI,It CctnMake Lit,eMoniu told Zcr-r: ir i f i r icgenclnrr l .or i i rrsarrva rn constanfscarcl-r ot "the r i ' r) '"1 ro girr l-rer nrccl ic inal herbs, sa1, ing,"carl-rer all tl-rat ca. l.e usc.l as nre.lici.e a.rcl bring rhen'rhrrck." Zelr:ai glrtherc. l L.\ e r\. her l . , taking eac-h rsmerlicinc. Tl-rcn hc crrr.n,: L.,rck .r.tl .cp'rep113,-1, "tl'rerc is ncrherL. that is rrot t .rrcc1ic ir ' rc. , .\ 'íot l i tr 'saiJ. . 'Circ nle arr l .rerhthat is nlct] ic ir lc. ' ' Zct l; l r i pi .kc,. i L l l r . l b l ' r t . lc r:í gr lrss ar lc1l-rar-rtlcrl ir ro N{trr-rirr. N,[trnjr-r hclJ ir up,,,-,.1 sl.rou.c..l ir rrrthe peoplc. I{c said. "Tl ' r is mctl ic i .rc cur 'r k i l l ' rrrr-r; i r c. l .ralso nlrkc nr lrn l ivc."
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\ \ ' l ren \ , l r . rn tL l l ' c ( -e i ' es rhc l . l , r c l c o f g r r rss - to sn i t f r r r i t i rn . . l h 'n . l i t[ .ae k to Zcn:u i .
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N{ lkc i r s t e e p ing 1 t ( ) \ ' r ' t ) )cpt u i t l t r l r c l . l 1 . i c r r f g . r r ss
I ' 1 , . \ 1 \ ' \ \ ) l \ ( j : ( - i i r . i n g l s n i t i , s r r r . i n u , " l l r r . r i r i s i s n r e t l i e i l r t ,
N()TI i : Zcn: i r i g i r t l r c r ing i r l l thc I ' re r l . s l s " r ) r ( . r l i ( . in ( , " s r rggcs ts rhr ,' s a l ) ) c l r r s s ' o f r ' r ' e r v t l r i n g . l l o n j L r i r p I r ( ) \ ' e \ t r f t l r i s r c t r r t t l t r , s r r r r r r ,
t i n r c i n r p l i r s t h a t " s l r r r c r r r s s " i s r r o t o f l r s t l r r i e l r l l t u r c . I n l r s f r r r l r rr h i t r g s ' r r r l i r r r l r e i r " t r r r t r i r r r , " t l r . ' r t ' r s . l i t t . , r c a , ' c i r - r " s r r ' r e a c s s . "Ct l l t l l . i t re . l r r ' i t I l \1oI l ' t t r ' . s t l t l l e r r ' l l l t t . ( ) l l ec l r tL l i l l s t i l t t t l l c l l t ' t l ) c ( . ( )Í)] -t l r r n t s t r ) t h . ' k r r . r n i r n p l v r h e s an r c i , l e a i n i r n ) u r e s r - r g g . s t r r t . r r . r l .
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Then Quit ItV/hen monk Fr-r f i rst came to meer Masrer Seppo. rhemoment he crossed the rhresholc l and sar ' , ' Seppl [heignorecl him an. l l he rvent ro greer the man in charge ofthe temple Iusual ly fulf i l l ing rhe janitor ia l dr,rt ies]. Thenext day he came to pay his respects to Seppó' sar ' ing."Yesterday I did somerhing u'hich annoyed YourRe', ,erend." Seppo saic l , " l f you knou' such matters, thenqu i t i t . "
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l,Ll\ l\ S,,\\ ' i\.( i . Thert. ' 's no necc] ro Sta\' herc long. lí r 'ou're r lor-rc rr ' i thy 'o r - r r l .us iness , h t r r r t ' r r1 - r an . l Ieavc .
\ t ) T f : M r r r r k F L r . t t t i g t r t r r i r r g S c 1 - 1 ' . r . n r i r k c . . r s [ 1 r r \ o l " r l i s t i r t r t i , r r r l r ' i .f r cc i lonr r i f sp i r i t . " \ ' c t u 'e rc hc rca l l v f r cc . hc rvor r l t l not [ .o thr r t t rl . r c l l k t l l c . t . l s to l l l t l í g rce t i r lg thc n l l t . s tc r f i r s t . Thc co l l l l l l t l l t s s t lggr ' . \ tth r n l l t L l r i l l l t t r t r . r r l c f o$ t r r r l un i l l -n r i rnncr r , t l r i s i f o r .
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TakeMy MeaIOne day Master Sekitei saw an atten. lant coming to theha l l w i th a bowl . He ca l led . "At tendant l " The a t tendantanswered back, "Yes." Sekitei said, "Where are yougoingl" The attendant said. " l am going to take mymea l . " Sek i te i sa id , "Don ' r I know that vou are go ing tohave your meal l" The atrendant said, "Bur what else am isupposed to say abour th i s l " Sek i te i sa id , " l am ius t ask-ing about your t rue nature . ' ' The a t tendant sa id , . . Ií i t i sabout the true nature that you ask. then I am actr-ral l1 'going to take my meal." Sekitei said, "No wonder you aremy at tendant . "
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Sav I i r r s teac] o f Sek i re i ' s l as rc fíor t t c l t l i s r ingt r i sh rh ings .conclr-rsiot 'r. "
MASTER LIAKL]IN
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nhrnse l . " l f r ' , , r r , l on ' r m i r k c r rno thc ryou u ' i l l f ind i r . l i f f icu l r ro reach i r
l '1,..\1N \..\) 1\'(; ' L)on't rakc yor-rng people too l ightlt ' .
N( ' rTE, ln K i r lo ' s rcsp()nse Se k i te i sL rggesrs that t l r c a t tcnt l r rn t ' s u 'o r r l ss l ' ro r . r l . l nc l t be t r rken a t thc i r tace va l r r t . In th i s Sck i te i secms to l .ei rnwi l l i ng t t l ac l r l l i r hc r r ' l r s [ . caren. S ince t l re k t la t . r ís pcr fcc t l v c l car i t - ri t se l f , one c r lnnot he lp f cc l ing th l t i t c t r . r l r l . l o u i rhor r t comnrcnts .
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or . , i r i . l . . \\ 'ho can f ight i t :" Sa i s l i t l ' "A c lcvcr cagle
r*g. , i ' . . , ,o t l - rc skr ' . \\ ' l - , . , . . t - t .catch i t l " Nich i 'o s i t i t l '; .Á.] .n arc be i r . rg.1 i f f icr . r i t t . ' l t lc l l l r i ' i th. ' ' Sa i sa i . l . . .Lct r . rs
, ro to. rhe t inte tc i lg , tho l rgh thc l . roblctr u 'c are . l i s -
cr , rss ing is not ve r scrt le , - . l . " Nich i\o ret .ur l led tr l h is l iV i r rg
; , - , ; . ; . ; . u.a ' i .g h is st ick. Sa i sa ic l n. t l ' r ing. Nich i t 'T s . i t{ ,' ; l t i n i she . i h i r l o f t . "
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voL r s t i i l J o i ng hc re l " So sav i r rg . g l l l i ng nng r i l r "
N()TI] . N ic l l i } ' ó c t l I t l l l l r res h i s Zcr l t ( ) l l t igc r l S l t l c t l t r t1 . l t r cs l l i s t t l .a t l
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, i . ' * i i ' rg l r r . .1 t i r r i s l r c . ] l r i I l r t l t i . ' ' N i ch ivó Sc t , l l l s to l r t l r r r i t t l r l r t S l l i i s
h i s c t l r , ra l .T l r . , cO lnntc l t t s echo thc spr t r t i l tg I r l t l t l . l t l t thc t$ t l t r l l l s te rs 'g i l t t ' t t -
l i k e c on t t s t .
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Monk S l l i ' , r 'et ' r t to \{asrcr Hl . l rk l r jó . Hvakr.r j i j sa ic l . ' . \ ,1a l '
lask 1or-r somethingl" S i r i sa ic l , " i l - rope thar sL)nrcth ing isl lot \\ 'orL]S, Fc l r r r ' l . rar neet] is thcrc t t l ask] ' ' H lak l r jó sa i t l '"Annrrn Ia st l tc i r - r sor i t l ' r Chinrr l has l .c tn s , . rb. iuc. l : noui t is the north t l - r i r t i s to l .e qorr icr l a l .orr t ." Sr i l . r r rc . l h isches t a t . r c l sa i t i . ' . l s i t s c l ] I s i t t . t t . l t so ] . 'H r ' l r k r ' r j ö s a i . 1 '..Anylvar'.
it is l.rartl to gcr l-ro1ci clÍ. Anr.rr' ltr.. ir is hlrrtl toge r ho l c l o f . " Sa i sa i d , " l f vou kno r i ' i r , t h cn i t i s a l l r i gh t .I f vou know ' i t , t h cn i t i s r r l l r i g l - r t . "
MASTER KIt).)
T l r e r r r r . r un t , r i t r r l r r r gc i s l r r r r { . r i r . r i v c l r L r r r . i . r rThc f lrce is that oí l l l l la l l . tht l .rci lrt t lt lr l .c lrst
MASTER H,{KT I IN
A t I l i cí i s i l r l l ca I l l ] c rsoI ] .B t r t h i s * i t r n u v e x i c l t h u t o f u g cn t l c n r an .
/ '1 - , . \1 . \ \ . \ ) / \ ( i : \ 'o r . r e r rn ' t ca i l i t l . l ack . \ 'o r r r ' l n t c l l l i r r ih i t c .
NI)TE, ln "Anr - r r rn l r r r s becn s r r l . . l r . r c . l l nou i t i s t l r c nor t l r t l r i r t i s ro [ .ewtr r r i c r l a l . . r r t t , " I l l r rkLr jo s r . lggcs ts rh l r t l e j c i ' t ing " rvor . l s " n r , r t l t tvcsc l l r ' e t l o t l c 1 l t .6| . Ig111 l . t t t c rc l t t c t . l i t t t t r t l t c r i t - t i t s 111 i r i c . l ] r ' i t k t r j ó rh t rsi n r p l i e s t h a t t r r r i s r r l l r i g h t a s f a r a s i t g r r c s . l . t r t i r i s t , f n o r t . c t r r r l i s -regarc l t l l c r r o f t l . r i r lgs . S l r i ch i r l l e r lgcs [ ] l l r k t r j ó t ( ) t l l kc ho l . l t l t . .Sa i ' ' i fhc can. Hy ' r rkLr jo has to a . ln r i t thar , ' , i hcn th ings i r r c pLr r th i s uur ' , i t i sinrlecr' l n()r i i l r cirsv mirrre r.
A l l rhe c ( )n ln l cnrs s r rggrs t th r . l i f f i e r " r l t l o t gc t t ing h . r l . l r r t th ingsthr r rugh "worc l s . "
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RazorIt was before Master Sai- in became. a resident pr iesr. Hewas in K1'o Prefecture u'hen he heard the news thatMaster Nan-in was going to become a resident pr iest.Thel ' Lr5g6 to study Bucldhism rogerher, so Sai. in wenr rosee Nan.in. Upon seeing him, he said, " l have norhing inpart icr.r lar to gir 'e you. but on my u'ay Írom Kvo Prefec.ture I gor hold of a razor produced in Kozei Distr ict. Thisi wou ld l i ke to g ive to Your Reverend," Nan. in sa id ,. .You,ve come írom Kyo Prefecturre, haven't youl Thenhow come you har 'e a Kózei razor] ' ' Sai- in ' with the razor,made a s lashing movemenr over Nan. in's hand. Nan. insaic] ' . .Attendant, take i t a\\ 'ay. J With a Sweep oí hisslee" 'es, Sai- in went awa)' . Nan-in said, "Ha, ha! [There hegoes. there he goes!]"
MASTER K lDÖ
Lct t r s ha i e a long hear t - to -hear t ta lk a t 'o r . r t o ld t imes .
MASTER }IAKL]I^V
To ra lk in t in ra tc l l ' o f n . ror r r . r ra i r r s . c loLrc l - s . thc sc , r . an , . l rhc moon.
I ' L , ' \ / \ ' . \ ,1) / \ ' ( ; , A f r i cn . l i s sonreonr . r ca l l v c los r . .
N()TE. Irr his c1Lrestior-r ct lncert l i t-tg t l .rc pl lrcc oí origir-r t.rf thc r it:c.rr,Nan- in r r - r i sscs the po inr . L )emonst ra t ing thc "u 'o rk ing" o f rhc razor ,Sai- in sr.rggests that .. l l
r i t:or is a r lr:or. ' ' Tlre trr 'o fr ient{s oÍ cl lc] st 'en..tt l har'e seen c)'c tr l cye rr 'íth circh othcr. | 'r.rr, as the con.rmcIrts sl lggcst,their nrecting corrl. l fravc been less ror,rgh.
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Don't Beat around the BushMaster Kegon said, . .I do not want } 'ou to holc l back. Iíyou are true fol lowers oí Rinzai. Tokusan. Korei. Daigu,Choka, Sensu [Zen masters oí old]. r 'ou do not har 'e tobeat around the bush. You are asked ro go diret ly to rhepoint, and I, Kegon, rvi l l g ive you the prooí. ' ' MasterShukaku s tepped Íorward and bowed. Then hestraightened up and shouted, "Karsul" Kegon shouredback. Shukaku shouted again, an. l once more Kegonshouted back. Shukaku then borvecl, rose, ancl saic l .. .Evervbodv. le t us look a t the fa i lu re oí th i s man. ' ' Thenhe shouted one more t ime and u'ent back into the cro.,vt l ,c lapping his hancls.
Kegon rerurned to h i s l i v ing quar ters . A t rhat r imeMaster Fuketsu was irr charge of rca. l ing the sr-rtras. Hewent up ancl i ' rsked Kegon abotrt the clay's happenings.Kegon saic l . . .The people oí Setsr 'r [1.. ,rot. l t1. l1 ' , ,r 'hereShukaku rr ' t ts íroml are ba.]-tct ' t ' rpcrc..1' To. l i r1. Ir 'u.asthorough ly humi l i a tec l hy ShukakLr . Now l c t n i c garhcrnr) 'men. girr l -r inr a gcto. l l .eat ing, anc' l c l ' rase hir-n or-rr ofhere." Fr-rkerstr sait l , " l t is too latc to r]r ive hinr ar ' , 'ar ' .Moreovcr, )'or.rr Rt-'r'eren.l l 'ras Irccn ltr-rtting things toctstrongly. Yor-r aske,- l I ' r inr to go i l i rect lv tc l fhc l . 'o int. Sincche is a l 'o l lou'r ' r trt Rir-r:ai . t 'hat l ' re. l i . i is onl l proper."Only then cl ic l Kegor-r 's ansL.r c l ie r lou'r-r. Fukctsr,r thcnwcnt to ra ik the nr i t t te r ovcr u ' i rh ShukakLr . Shr rkakr rsaic l , "Fcrr lvhat reason mllst VoLl appease that olr l nr lnlHe shoul. l l ' rave beaten nre r ' , ' i th his st ick hcforc lasktcl .Then rnv wor. ls rvoul. l havc s l ' , rra. l . Nou, s ince hc t l i . lnot br ' i ' l t mc Lrp, ntv Vu't ' rds $' i l l not grr f l rr ." Fukctsrr s lr i t i .. .This sar 'íng of 1'ours hl ls alreac. l l got.re f l rr . ' '
MASTER KIDC)
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I 'L . ' \1\ ' - \A] l \(y, I t is r- r ' t roughness a lone.
NOTE, This kor. r r- r is besr rake. i t t i rs i i tcc ra l r . rc . K ic lo 's comment( insteac l oÍ Fukctsr . r 's . .T l - r is sar ing oí 1.r l r . r rs has a l reac11.gor.re far . ' )
Seems to Í ind íaul t r r i t l r Shr.rkaktt 's ar- t l [ . i t ic ln ior fan lc . T l lere is r rc l
r - rsc in look ing for sorrcr l - r ing that is l tot rca l (" j r - r ice in the b l lanccb,cam"). Hakr,r i r r 's st t l ' s r i t r . t te phrasc anr l 1. , la i l ' r sav i t - rg strggest thot
i t l t l - rough ShLrkakLr 's Zctr n la ' l 'e some*hat "rotrgh. ' 'h is l ' c r f i l r r r l -ance i s " c l eve r . "
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Plar-ing withMudA monk aske. l \ ,{aster Yrrkusirr-r, "On rhe. piain whereshort grass gro\\ 's. rher.. are I 'rerels of . jeer. V, l ,rat shoul. lone r lo to shoot rhe t leer among . lecr l" \ 'akrrsan slr i , , l .. .Watcl .r out íor tr lr . arror ' ' ' ] . . Thc nronk Iet himself tal l .Yakusan saic l ro his arrendanrs, "Drag out this urselesscortrrse l" The nronl i rhen rvenr iru'ar, . \ 'akr-rsan said. , .Thisfel lou' pia1's aror-rncl r i ' i t l ' r mr-rcl . Hr. knori ,s no l imits."
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I t i s scarv l i \ ' rng a l ( ) l re in ru- r o l r l i r r . l r sc .
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V 'hut r r . lo r rk , . . r ' ' s l r i r ch i l rg -1 .o5 , t t l r i s i s .
1 ' 1 \ / \ \ . \ ) / \ ( ; , \ \ ' i t l t l t s u t ' t l t ! . c r i r u . , , t r t r r . l l l ' t r l ( ) l n u e i l
N t )T L , l r r " \ \ ' l t l r t s l t r r r r ] . 1 t r n r , i i t r t ( ) \ l ) ( ) ( r t t l t , . , . l r , c r i l l n ( r l t gN ( ) t t r i l | r \ \ l ) l l t s l r ( ) u l 1 1 ( ) n ( ' ( 1 ( ) t ( ) \ l ) ( ) ( r t t l t l ' t l r ' c r i l l n ( r n g r l c c r l , " t l r . ,t l t t l t l k c 1 u c s t i t l t l s \ ' l t k t t s l t t l l t s t i l l l l s i r r s i g h r í r l t o t l l e e t l ] i u l l t . ' r r t l r t , I l t t l lg l r t . ' r rn r t ' r ' r l 1 ,1h i s 1 . 1 1p i 1 . . R1 " \ \l r i s p 11 l l i l s . R , , " \ \ ' i r t c l r ( ) L r t f ( ) l . n l \ i l r r ( ) \ \ . . ' ) ' ; r k r r s l r r . i r r r l r l v s ugg c s t s" \ \ ' i t t a l ) t ) t c " ( ) r " r i l t e l t r n r n o r L r n , , . " I l , r l r , ' r . , , r . i n l , , r r i r r , r ' i , ; , , , . , , 1 i ' a . , l lt t e l r t n r n o r k r n ! . " I l i , n e r . . ' r . . r n I r , t t i r r g l t i l t r r c l l f r r l l ,r i i e n r r rnk i n r1 . l 1g5 t i r r r r i t i . A . , u l r o i s " r l r c r l r , c r . ; l n ) r . )n ! . l ee r . " I l c i ngtoo sc l l - .srr t is t i . ' .1 (" l re p l r rys ry i r l r 1tgr l ") , r l rc ptppk 1r , , . . . r r"r1.1, , , , " . .1 l r i ig r r rnc ( " l r c k r ro r r s no l i n r i r . " ) .
K i J i l ' s . ( ) l l ) I l ]Ü l l t i \ l l ( ) t . . ] e . t r . i . . . t ti r t t c r i o r i i l i r s c o n r p u r c . { * i t l r Y o k r r . , r n '
i r n r r t r i n r p l l i l l . n r o r r k ' ss i t r r h . r r i t r ' ( " r r n o l , l l r o r r s c " ) .
s l t t i n g s L r g g c s r r ' r i r i r - i s n t r r f t h el - l r rk r r in ' s . l r l . s r i t l r te phr r rs r . rn r l p lx iy lt r t o n k ' s " s l r o r i . "
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Masrer Choshi asked a monk, "Where do you comefrom?" The monk said, "From KOseki Hermitage onMount Kyúka. ' ' Chosh l sa id . . .What k ind o t man ls thehead of your hermitage?" The monk said, "He is an oldand respectable man who fol lowed Master Baso." ChOshisaid, "What is he cal ledl" The monk said, "He is s i 'n 'en noname.' ' Choshi saíd. . ,He gir 'es himself no name' or yougive hin-r no namel" The monk said, "Where are the eyesof th i s e lder ly man l " Chosh i sa id . " l f the head o f yourhermitage came here roday, he would have to tasre myst ick." " l am lucky Your Reverend let i r go at rhnr," saic lthe monk. Choshi said. . . l t u 'í l l be cl i fÍicult to íini] sr-rch amonk one hunc. lred vears Írom norr ' ' ' '
MASTER KIDT
Barbari i ins enter China.
MASTER HAKUIN
A mutt 'eats a b i t ter n.re lon.
PtAlN -S.{)'INC, A br-rr-rch of blockheacis.
NoTE, The subjecr of the clialogue L.*ll 'een Choshi ancl rhe rnorrk isnot the head of the rnonk's herrn i rage L.ut rhe Zen of r l . re monlth imsel f . In "He is g iven no namL-, ' rhe monk s l rggesrs rhar the "rrr . renature ' ' of th ings (rnrr or krr) is not to be c leí ined. In. .Wlrere are theeyes of th is e lder ly manl ." rhe monk rr ies to lure Choshi into thcsphere of r , , at which point Choshi suggesrs thar i f insread of mrrthe monk had responded wirh u ("the head of rhe hermitage") , hewouid not i rave ler h inr eo.
K id ö sr . rggesrs rhat the monk is c lear l r ' d isr ingr ' r ished ( l ike . .bar-
ba r i ans ín Ch ina ' ' ) ío r the en l i gh teneJ one he i s . Hak t r i n ' s su t . s r i r t r t ephrase seems to imply that rhere are ways of knou. ' ing the orher evenií he may not express h imsel f in words. The p la in say ing aplrears tobe a Zen- l ike way of pra is ing Choshi and rhe monk.
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The TopMaster Tözan asked a monk' ' 'Where ha., 'e you been]' 'The monk sai. l , " l 've been saunter ing in the mounrain."Tózan said, . 'Did you reach the top of rhe mountain?' 'The monk said. . .I did. ' ' Tozan said, . .\ü7ere rhere peopleat the topl" The monk said, "There rvas no one." Tlzansa id , . .You d id nor reach the rop . ' ' The monk sa i t1 . . . Ií Idid not, how could I know rhat there was no one rherel"Tozan said, "Why don't you sray rhere for a whi le l" Themonk said. " l would l ike to stav, only someone in theWestern Heaven IDaruma] does not al lou' me."
VÍASTER KIDÖ
it is not that 1, , ' , 'ou l t l not l ike to sra\ ' , br . r r rherearc iew rhar Iknorv.
\4ASTER I '{AKL'IN
I lrn-r irírai.] tlrlrt 1 slrall lose all nl1 of tspriI-rg.
l,L,.\1\'\',\)'1\'t1. When it conres to trl le fl irttlrc. there is Iltr..1t'tcsrir.. lt l i líacLl u i l in t a ltce .
NOTE, "The to i r of the rnounta in" rc icrs to r l ' r . : srare of cr . r l iqhtcn-rnet l t , ln . .Th. . re \\ 'í ts no c. lne. ' ' the nrc lnk suggests t l re tnrr aspect oíenl ighrenmcnr. To-: i rn, on the orher han. l . impl ies thar i t i s bemer roavoid rhe categor ies of " is" and " is nor" wher. ' the "rop" is con-cerned' In. .Why c lon ' t i 'or . r s ta i ' t l rere tor a rr 'hÍle] . ' ' Tózar-r lays thetr i rp of d ist inct ion (b 'etween "here" anJ "rhere") . In h is r rnswer rhemonk impl ies the pr inc ip le of retr . r rn ing to the common worL l (of r r) .
Conlpared with the monk's someu'hat doctrinarían ilnslr.er,K id ö ' s comment suggests the rnrr aspect of enl ightennrent in morecommon terms. Hakuin 's subst i tute phrase suggesrs thc "rhere is noone" state of ren.ra i r . r ing on the "rop" l whereas rhe p la in say ingimpl ies that the nature of enl ighrenment is not to be c leÍined ( interms of nru or u).
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Secret Language
Ministcr Seishosho bror.rsht his contr ibut ion to MasterUngo and aske. l , "BLrJdha has his secret lnnguage. ir ,hi leKasl.ró [BLrdc1ha's disciplel ner 'er hides ani ' thing. Whatdoes that mean]' ' Ungo then cal lecl Seishösho. whoansu 'e reJ , "Yes . " Ungo.sa id , "Do vour unders tanr l l "SeishoshO saic i , "No, I do not." Ungo saic l . " l f r , 'ou clo notr-rnclcrstan.'1, it shou's that BLr.l.il 'ra i'ras his secrct languirge .If vou . lo r.rnJcrstanJ. that nlei lns Kasl ' ro nevcr hit lesanvth ing . "
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I C S .
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/ ' / _ . \ 1 \ \ . \ ) It no l . t ' l i evc rs . i t toLr i.lrl
N()T[ ' L]tr r l . lh i r ' s l i rn. l r . r lge is "seerr ' t " r r t - r lv iorunc lersrurr . l that "r ' rorhrng is h i .1 i lcn." Br c , r l l i r rgtr ies t r r c .\P1lqg Sc ishosht to h i rnse l f .
Ki . l ó s t rggesrs t l ra r i r - r i t t l s* ' c r i r lg . . ' \ ' c s . ' .
S t i shc .shó J r l cs l t r l t l e r s t l t r r . lt i r l r t " r ' ro t i r rng i s l - r i . l J cn . " Hr rL r . r in ' s s r . r [ . s t i t r r t c phnrse s l rggcs ts th l trv l l c re L , r rgo c i r ] l s . 'Sc i shos i - t ó ' ' ' c r . c r r . t1 l ! . l iS eX l loset l . . , ' , .herc l t s t} rcp l i r in su l i r rg sce nrs ro in rp lv th i r t c i r ch 1 .g1 .s l11 has to ar rsu ' c r r l r c
Prob ie r r r o f r l r c kor r r r b) ( r rn . l fo r ) i r i r r i sc l t .
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What Are Y ou T alking About?When Masrer Tokusht c irnre ro see Masrer Rokun'ron,Rokumon asked, "\\ 'here have vc'u rc 'cent lv come ironrl"Tokusho sai, , . l . "From Yokuin. La-st night I stal ' ,- 'd o!,c.r arHokoi i Cl i f f ." Roklrmon sai i l . "\X' l ' r ic l-r of the ' f ivc . .1.c,. 'Irnater ial c 'ye, c l iv ine evc, eve of u' is,- lorr. of rhe law. anci ofBuddhal is rhe e,ve proprer l" Tokrrsho sait l , " l h;rve Ln..rw,r 'rYour namL' íor a l i :r lg t in-re. ' ' ' Roktrn-rorr saic]. . .\\rhat hasthis plece gc)r ro c lo r ' , ' i rh vor.r l" Toklrsho sair ' l , "\\ 'har irrrvor.r talk inc al .or.rt l"
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f I t -l \ ) k t r t l l ő . i t r t ' ' . ' \ t r ' ] r \ i l ) ! r r r . r r t r r i ] ]h i s foot l . "
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! \ i l s t c l t ( ) t i t l l c i t t i l t O r r s i t r g
I r l l l ) ) c cspr ' c i r l l y f r ) 5ec I t tu r Rcycrcp . l
I ' l - . \ l \ S . \ ) 1\ ( j : I r i r r ) ) t ' i t l l th i s \ \ ' r t \ ' , s ( ) r rhr ' ,1 , ,n ' r \ ( )u pr ( ,1) r t r r ,sr l nrct h ing. '
N()TL: l r l l t t l s r r ' c r i t tg t ] l l r t ) l c ( . ( )n)es ' ' t r ( ) r ] l \ ' t . k r r i r t . ' ' T t l kL rs l r ó \ l r t l t ks
to rhe pc l i t l r . Rokr . t t . l l t ln t r i cs t t l t r l r1 l f . . , [ r . ' .1 - ' ó l t r l l s l l ec t r I l l t i r c l t rg t t 'n le t l t th l t t h l r s r ro th i r lg t t l t . l t l r r i r1 l r l l c s i t t r l r t i r l t l o t T t l k t i shó l r r r r lI { t l ku t t lo r l tac i r lg cach t l t j l c r . Hr l r r ' e r . t r . T t l k t r s l r ó r c t t t scs t i l l . c t l t kc t lin l t t r . l s t i cks t t l t l l c b ' r . r s i r l ess o f I l i s h l r r ' i r lg l . ( ) I ) )Ü t t l sce l { t l k t t t . t t t l t . l 'R t tk r . t rnon res l ) r ) l r ( l \ to Tok l i s l r t ' s r r r l k , i r , rgc r r ing r r l .out t l t r . " t i v t ,c ) c s " p r ' 1 r b l r 'm . , A , t t h i s T o k r r s l r o i r o n i c r r ] l r ' 5 ug {e s r s ( i n " \ \ ' h r r r r r r t1 'o r . r t i r l k i r . rg a[ .o r r t ] " ) th r r r i t i . ' s a f tc r ' , r l l he w l r t r i s p i l l 1 i r r t r l te s r r i t rgs .
K i . l ó i r r l t . l i c s t l r l r t R t l k i r l l l t l t - t i s I l t l r i l r r c t ' . l l e t l t . l L tg l l i r l t l l c , . l l t l i c t , t l f" r l rear )s ' ( t r l t cs t r i r c o rhcr ) l n hcrc l r . l - l r rk r - r in ' s su l . s f r r r . r f t l .h rusc .u r ! i1 l l l r i r r s i l r ' i r . rg SL lggcSt r i l c t - t l l t t r ra l J t I i t t l (1Ü t l f t l r c . . c ( ) l l . l i l )g | ( ) sCcsonleonc" sitLl i l t iL) lt.
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J ust a RuLe. abídíng Monk
A monk brought a chi ld to see Master Kyosho and said,. .This boy alúays loves to ask about the teaching ofBuddha. Your Reverend, piease test him and see."Kyosho ordered that tea be brought in. After having tea,he handed the cup to the chi ld. The chi ld was about totake it when Kyösho withdrew his hand and said, . .Now
can you tel l mel" The chi ld said, "Please ask." The monkasked, " 'What do you think of this chi ld 's ideasl" Kyoshosaid, "He wi l l just be a rule-abiding monk for one l i fe ortwo."
MASTER KIDO
The morrk eqr-rall-v hit.
MASTER HAKL] IN
Onc u ' i l l knou' af ter th i r ty ycrrrs .
I'Li\l\ S..\\' l\ '(l: Quite iI snli lrt one.
NOTE, There is r . roth ing \\ ' rong rv i rh the ch i l . l . Thc otrc l r"ho is r t tf lu l r is thc nror-rk rv l . ro confuscs "ch i lc l -mind" r ' , ' i th "Zcrr-r l r int l . "
Kyósllo's last renllrrk, as rvell as Kiclo's conlnlcnt, is intctrcictl l ls ltreproof of thc monk; u 'hcreas Hakuirr 's sr . rbst i t r . r te phrase ar . rc l p la insaylng sLlggcst i l comnronserrse attitutlc tor'r'ar,-1 rhc child.
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No Líghtone day Master Rasan was accompanying Master Gantöas an artendant on his mountain u,alk-. Suddenly hecal led out, "Masrerj" Canto said, , 'What
is i rJ" Rasandrew near, bou'ed, and said, "Didn'r your Rer.er."J;;;;at Master Tolans place rhirry years ago? And did vo" no,d i sapprove o f Tózan] ' ' Gant l sa id . : ,Yes ' that i s t rue . , ,Rasan said. . .Did you noc fol low the teaching oí MasterTokusan }'et nor appro\ 'L. oÍ hlm:' ' GantÓ s-aic l , . .Yes. ' 'Rasan said. . .Let uS not ask abour vour disapp,o, '"f oíTokusan. bur what íau l r d id you í ind in Tozan i ' ' A f te r along whi le canto said. . .Tözan
was f ine. onl1' he hac] nol ight." Rasan rhen bowed
l '1- , , \ l \ S.\) /\() , To sav i r ' s good or baJ. r ighr r t r r rtlf tlthcrs is scln.rcthing rhat shor.rlt] ,.. '". ü. .i.,,.,..u ' i l l s r r re l r [ .c i l l l \ .or . r .
MASTER KIDT
Gan16 sa is , "Hc [TO:an]precepts. "
MASTER HAKUIN
To he colere.l u itl-r nrurl.
would never t lo anl ' rh ing l ik t b,reak ing
r o ng , t e i n g c r i t i c a lSonrc th ing rc r r i l r l e
l n l n l \ , L r J l l t ( ll o : aÍ ] was n ( )
ph ra s c s L l gges t su orl.l cio t'rt'rt
N()TE, As K i r lo 's cL) l l )menr ancj r f r t p la in srr i . ingc. l i sap1.rg1 'g5 of To:arr ( . 'Hc h l rc l no i igÍl t ' ' ) b. .c l t r rs ln-rorc th i rn a rLr le- i rh i . l i r rg rronk. Hakuin 's su l .srr t t r rcthat thosc .w'ho kecl-' themselves lrnsl.rc.rrrcd b1. rhc" c rn i t l i gh t . "
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Norc that thc t i t l c s o f the koans in rh i s l .ook l r c r l r t ' r sc t t i t l t .tr irnslator. The ab.l.rer iat ions t lí thc st lurccs irrc lrs íoi1i.. ' . ' 's.
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RÍrr;a i r r lkrr RR\ h I ( l l ] ( J ) l l ( l \ í ) : ) l
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R . EN ( t )REN ( 1 )REN ( 1 )HC ( ( ,7)KL) (5)KL) (5)KL) (5)KL) (5)REN ce)REN Ce)HC ( 15 )REN (2e)KD (S)KD ( r1)HC (11 )IRREN (5 )KD (7 )KD (7)IRREN (20:)KD i t+ )
l r K t ) (7)l - i . KL) (1T)15 . REN c l )l ( . . K l ) ( l S )17 . t { EN ( 10 )l s KL) ( l s )l e . KD ( 1 1 )I r . REN ( l l )l l . L rR ( n r i r l l l c t ) u r f ) . I l ( l ( l l )l l . t rR ( l l s r P i r r t )l l . LR ( l l s r 1 . 1 1 s1l-/ I{EN il l)l r . REN i l l )It.. I{EN (1-r)17. c iE (T)l s . REN ( 1 t )le zD (7)10. REN c0)+1 . REN c 5 )l l . K r ) G)11. REN (7)+J . REN ( ] 9 )
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BY TH E AUTHOR OFThe Sound of the One Hand
Here , fo r the f i r s t t ime in Eng l i sh ,are the hundred "per fec t " koans o fthe Kidögoroku, one of Zen Buddhism,smost imoor tant c lass i cs . Used for centur resto in i t i a te the nov ice in to the topsy- turvy wor ldo f Zen en l ightenment , these paradox ica l s to r ies were
se lec ted and responded to over seven hundred years ago by
the Ch inese master K ido Ch igu and were la te r responded to aga in
by the Japanese schoo l o f Haku in . The i r humor and spontane i ty in tac t ,
the koans are accompan ied by a penet ra t ing commentary wh ich
exp lores such myst i fy ing e lements o f Zen prac t i ce as the " the remotequest ion , " " the t rap , " "overp lay ing one ' s Zen," and " the f reedom-of -mind Zen show." Dr Hof fmann 's un ique ins ight in to the work ings o f the
Zen mind enab le the reader to exper ience f i r s thand the subt le ty andpower o f the exchange that occurs between Zen master and s tudent
Yoe l Hof fmann i s a member o f the facu l ty o f Ha i fa Un ivers i ty , where he
lec tures on Ph i losophy, Japat tese languages , and Buddh ism
Foreword bv Master H i rano So j ö ' Wi th i | |us t ra t ions by Karen Becker '
S3.95 l sBN: 0-394-73428-9
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