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CASE 11: Unmon’s "Two Diseases"
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…
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Ginsberg
Very often generalizations are like a blank in a form that you can fill out.
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Strength
Strength Hope Read Reach out Know
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Clean House
Clean house Trust God Help others Explain Praise
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Corona Del Mar
Yesterday, Jack and I did some white water boogie boarding at CDM. It was the first time I had been in the water since the last time that Jack and I went boogie boarding at CDM. This is not good. I am not sure what it will take to get me back out in the…
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Kate’s Sun
Kate made a fantastic sun.
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CASE 10: An Old Woman near Taizan
There was an old woman on the way to Taizan. Whenever a monk asked her how to get to Taizan, she would answer, “Go straight on.” After the monk had gone a few steps, she would say, “This good and naïve fellow goes off that way, too.” Later a monk told Jôshû about this. Jôshû…
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Do not be distracted
Do not be distracted by the affairs of town Look inward Be awake Do your duty Pray
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CASE 9: Nansen Kills a Cat
Once the monks of the eastern and western Zen halls in Nansen’s temple were quarrelling about a cat. As he saw this, Nansen held up the cat and said, “You monks! If one of you can say a word, I will not slay the cat.” No one could answer. Nansen cut the cat in two.…
David Given Schwarm
Married, Father, United
