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2. Maybe so...

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 12:49 PM

Jan 2020

That is from Zen. P'ang Yun was a Zen adapt. That's the real key.

If you know what a Koan is then who is going to interpret for you what is meant for you to ponder and obsess about in order to penetrate? The answer is beyond the intellect, right there. Any help would be useless in regards to the intent. I could say blah and blah and blah. Profound?

Little girl's basket.
My hand is on fire!
I wipe my nose to put it out.
No one falls down!
Who could see that?

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