" Whack him one "

Goso said: "Suppose you meet a Zen master on the road. You can't talk to him. You can't stand there silent. What can you do?"

[To this koan, one of Mumon's comments was: "Whack him one!"]

Aright this one is stumping me. I want to just blurt out ' bow man, bow!" which feels like missing the mark. Verry juicy, instant resistance! My imagination says " Do a jig and clap my hands" Ugghh I might try and meditate on this. Anyone have any guidance on koan contemplation?

Submitted June 17, 2017 at 10:17AM by windDrakeHex http://ift.tt/2slcB4K