Author: David Schwarm
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CASE 91: Nansen and the Peonies
Minister Rikukô said to Nansen, “Dharma-teacher Jô is wonderful. He truly knows what he is talking about: ‘Heaven and earth and I have one and the same root; all things and I are one single body.’” Nansen pointed at the peonies in the garden and said, “Minister, people of our time see these flowers as…
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CASE 90: Kyôzan Speaks Out
Master Kyôzan went to Maitreya’s abode in a dream and was led to the second seat. A venerable monk said, “Today the second seat is due to speak.” Kyôzan stood up, struck the stand with the gavel, and said, “The Dharma of Mahayana is beyond the four propositions and transcends the hundred negations. I dare…
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Abba Cronius
If the soul is vigilant and withdraws from all distraction and abandons its own will, then the spirit of God invades it and it can conceive because it is free to do so.
