{"id":981,"date":"2024-06-23T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:9090\/?page_id=981"},"modified":"2024-07-06T06:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T06:02:26","slug":"koans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/localhost:9090\/koans\/","title":{"rendered":"Koans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"customgallery\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00005_web_best.png\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00006_web_best.png\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00007_web_best.png\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00008_web_best.png\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00009_web_best.png\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00010_web_best.png\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00011_web_best.png\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00012_web_best.png\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00013_web_best.png\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00014_web_best.png\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.raysayz.com\/photos\/web\/digitalart\/DallE00015_web_best.png\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00005\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00006\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00007\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00008\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00009\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00010\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00011\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00012\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00013\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00014\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"commentbox\" id=\"DallE00015\" ><\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00005 koan\">Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.<br><br>Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.<br><br>The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. \"It is overfull. No more will go in!\"<br><br>\"Like this cup,\" Nan-in said, \"you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00007 koan\">Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.<br><br>Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.<br><br>The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. \"It is overfull. No more will go in!\"<br><br>\"Like this cup,\" Nan-in said, \"you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00006 koan\">Buddha said: \"I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake in India as a drop of oil on my foot. <br><br>I perceive the teachings of the world to be the illusion of magicians. I discern the highest conception of emancipation as a golden brocade in a dream, and view the holy path of the illuminated ones as flowers appearing in one's eyes. I see meditation as a pillar of a mountain, Nirvana as a nightmare of daytime. I look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons.\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00008 koan\">It was the sixteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the day when the ninety-<br>day summer training period ended and the monks left the temple to travel<br>about as they chose.<br><br>A monk asked \"Today is the sixteenth;' what about it?\"<br>The master said, \"East is east, west is west.\"<br>The monk said, \"What is 'east is east, west is west'?\"<br>The master said, \"Seek but you will not find.\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00009 koan\">It was the sixteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the day when the ninety-<br>day summer training period ended and the monks left the temple to travel<br>about as they chose.<br><br>A monk asked \"Today is the sixteenth;' what about it?\"<br>The master said, \"East is east, west is west.\"<br>The monk said, \"What is 'east is east, west is west'?\"<br>The master said, \"Seek but you will not find.\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00010 koan\">It was the sixteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the day when the ninety-<br>day summer training period ended and the monks left the temple to travel<br>about as they chose.<br><br>A monk asked \"Today is the sixteenth;' what about it?\"<br>The master said, \"East is east, west is west.\"<br>The monk said, \"What is 'east is east, west is west'?\"<br>The master said, \"Seek but you will not find.\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00011 koan\">A monk asked, \"Does a dog have a Buddha-nature or not?\"<br>The master said, \"Not [Mu]!\"<br><br>The monk said, \"Above to all the Buddhas, below to the crawling bugs, all have Buddha-nature. Why is it that the dog has not?\"<br><br>The master said, \"Because he has the nature of karmic delusions\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00012 koan\">A monk asked, \"What about it when the mind is not perceived by<br>the mind [itself]?\"<br>The master said, \"Who is perceived?\"<br>The monk said, \"The self is perceived.\"<br>The master said, \"There are not two (selves).\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00013 koan\">Sekishu onj\u014d (sekishu no onj\u014d) ... Two hands clap and there is a sound. What is the sound of one hand?<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00014 koan\">Two monks are arguing about a flag. One says, \u201cThe flag is moving.\u201d The other, \u201cThe wind is moving.\u201d A third walks by and says, \u201cNot the wind, not the flag; the mind is moving.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse DallE00015 koan\">Two Monks and a Woman<br>A senior and novice monk were traveling through the countryside when they came upon a river. The river was swollen making it very difficult to pass. Standing at the edge of the river was a lovely, young woman in elegant clothes unsure of how to get across. She asked the monks for help.<br><br>After barely a pause, the senior monk picked up the woman and carried her across.<br><br>The novice monk was shocked and speechless. As the monks continued their journey hours passed and no one spoke until the younger monk could no longer contain himself.<br><br>\u201cHow could you carry that woman across the river when we aren\u2019t even supposed to look at women?\u201d he blurted out in frustration.<br><br>The senior monk replied, \u201cI set that woman down hours ago. 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