Three Excerpts from Joshu

The Master entered the hall and said,

"Brothers, simply remake what has gone by and work with what comes. If you do not remake, you are stuck deeply somewhere."

Where is there to be stuck? What is there to remake?

A monk asked, "What is that which is spiritual?"

The master said, "A puddle of piss in the Pure Land."

The monk said, I ask you to reveal it to me."

The master said, "Don't tempt me."

Don't tempt him! Watch your feet for the pure land.

A monk asked, "What about when Gozu had not yet seen the Fourth Patriarch?"

The master said, "Enough firewood, enough water."

The monk said, "What about after he saw him?"

The master said, "Enough firewood, enough water."

Zen isn't about about wood and water.

Submitted August 20, 2016 at 11:50PM by yofz http://ift.tt/2bqHmvJ