Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Chao Chou verse

The cock crows in the early morning;/ Sadly I see as I rise how worn out I am;/ I haven't a kilt or a shirt,/ Just the semblance of a robe./ My loincloth has no seat, my pants no opening-/ On my head are three or five pecks of grey ashes./ Originally I intended to practice to help save others;/ Who would have suspected that instead I would become an idiot?

Definitely out of the "realm of surpassing wonder." "No leakage at all."

OP: the verse is mentioned in the 36'th Case of the BCR (Cleary). The Changsha Wandering in the Mountains.

What you say on the equation of becoming an idiot described by Joshu?

Whine/Think/Description/Intention ... Totally diferent result then expected. I can't make much out of this and i'm far from being an idiot - so I'd say ... anyone here to prove the idiot back to me?



Submitted May 12, 2020 at 01:28PM by robeewankenobee https://ift.tt/2xVapbf

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