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Attendant Kaku asked Tokusan, “Where have all the past saints gone?” Tokusan said, “What? What?” Kaku said, ” I gave the command for an excellent horse like a flying dragon to spring forth, but there came out only a lame tortoise.” Tokusan was silent. The next day, when Tokusan came out of the bath, Kaku…

When Rinzai was about to die, he entrusted Sanshô with his Dharma and said, “After my passing, do not destroy my treasury of the Eye of the true Dharma4.” Sanshô said, “How would I dare destroy your treasury of the Eye of the true Dharma?” Rinzai said, “If someone asks you about it, how will…

Jizô asked Shuzanshu, “Where have you come from?’ Shuzanshu said, “I have come fromthe South.” Jizô said, “How is Buddhism in the South these days?” Shuzanshu said,“There is much lively discussion.” Jizô said, “How could that match with our planting therice field here and making rice-balls to eat?” Shuzanshu said, “How could you then save…

Great Master Unmon said, “When the light does not penetrate, there are two diseases. Everything is unclear and things hang before you – this is one disease. Even after you have realized the emptiness of all things, somehow you feel as if there were still something there. This shows that the light has not yet…