Guishan's Water Bottle
Knot Zen
English - May 03, 2021 17:45 - 1 hour - 121 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsBuddhism Religion & Spirituality bodhidharma cases chan eastern eharma joshu koan koans zen Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What is outstanding action? Here, it's kicking over a water bottle. Although, Mumon says the guy who did that: "could not jump out of the trap".
The gang talks through the case and then debates what it means to instruct and whether the case is an example of instruction or something else.