12/13/2023 0 Comments Best zen koans![]() ![]() ![]() Upon hearing the story, Obaku asked Hyakujo, "You said In the evening Hyakujo gave a talk to the monks and told them this story of On the furthest side of the mountain, and with his staff poked the dead body of Roshi mean?" After they had eaten, Hyakujo led them to the foot of a rock "No one was sick or died," wondered the monks. Informed the monks that after the midday meal there would be a funeral serviceįor a dead monk. The next day Hyakujo had the Karmadana, or deacon, beat the clapper and he May I request that you bury me as a dead monk?" Karma?" Hyakujo answered, "No one is free from the law of Karma."Īt the words of Hyakujo the old man was enlightened, and said with a bow, "IĪm now released from rebirth as a fox and my body will be found on the other Then he asked Hyakujo,"Is an enlightened man subject to the law of Thus Iīecame a fox for 500 rebirths and am still a fox. Law of karma (cause and effect), and I answered that he could not. ![]() Occasion a monk asked me whether an enlightened man could fall again under the Preached in this world, I was the head monk in this mountain area. Past, when the Kashapa Buddha (the Sixth Buddha of the Seven Ancient Buddhas) The old man replied,"Yes, I am not a human being, but in the far distant However, he remained behind, and Hyakujo asked,"Who are you?" The monks listening to it and when they left the Hall, so did he. Whenever Hyakujo delivered a Zen lecture, an old man was always there with Not give up, then a torch of truth will illuminate the entire universe. How do youĬoncentrate on this Mu? Pour every ounce of your entire energy into it and do You can enter any world as if it were your own playground. As you stand on the brink of life and death, you are absolutelyįree. General, when you meet Buddha you will kill Buddha. Just as with getting ahold of a great sword of a Indeed your ego-shell suddenly is crushed, youĬan shake heaven and earth. As with a mute man who had had a dream, you know itįor sure and yet cannot say it. As a fruit ripening in season, your internality and externality Then, all the useless knowledge you have diligently learned till now is Like gulping a hot iron ball that you can neither swallow nor spit out. Is neither nothingness, nor its relative "not" of "is" and "is not." It must be Question of what "Mu" is day and night, without ceasing, hold it before you. Would you like to pass through this barrier? Then concentrate your wholeīody, with its 360 bones and joints, and 84,000 hair follicles, into this The one who passes through this barrier shall meet with Joshu face to faceĪnd also see with the same eyes, hear with the same ears and walk together in This is why it is called the Gateless Gate of Through the barriers, nor uproot the normal workings of your mind, whatever youĭo and whatever you think is a tangle of ghost. To attain his mysterious awareness one mustĬompletely uproot all the normal workings of one's mind.
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