Zen-a-day - Oct 7

Tuesday 7 October 2008
Chao-chou asked Nan-quan: "What is the Way?"
"Ordinary mind is the Way," Nan-quan answered.
"Should I turn toward it or not?"
"If you turn toward it, you turn away from it."
:But how can I know the Way if I don't turn toward it?" Chao-chou asked.
"The Way is not about knowing or not knowing. When you know something you are deluded, and when you don't know, you are just mindless. When you reach the way beyond doubt, it is infinite as space. It's neither right nor wrong."
With these words, Chao-chou had a sudden enlightenment.
-Zen mondo

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Tuesday 26 August 2008
Yu-ti asked Tao-t'ing: "Who is the Buddha?"
Tao-t'ing called out: "Oh, Yu-ti!"
"Yes, master?" Yu-ti responded.
Whereupon the master said: "Don't seek him elsewhere."
- Zen mondo

Wednesday 27 August 2008
The lost child,
    crying, crying,
       but still catching fireflies.
- Ryusui