Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi
Author:Taizan Maezumi [Maezumi, Taizan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780834828193
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2014-03-17T23:00:00+00:00
1. The following koan is adapted from Francis H. Cook, trans., The Record of Transmitting the Light: Zen Master Keizan’s Denkoroku (Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1991), 190.
CLARIFY THE GREAT MATTER
Once while in China, I was reading a collection of sayings by an ancient master. At the time, a monk from Sichuan, a sincere practitioner of the Way, asked me, “What is the use of reading recorded sayings?” I replied, “I want to learn about the deeds of the ancient masters.” The monk asked, “What is the use of that?” I said, “I wish to teach people after I return home.” The monk queried further, “Yes, but ultimately, what is the use?”
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