The Real Shobogenzo: Get this ox today!

Dahui's Real Original, the First Shobogenzo:   

406 .  Master Dongshan Chu’s verse on an ox says,

Tending an ox by myself,

It has no corral to go out and in.

Released into the fragrant grasses

Its color can then show.

Going in the morning, no one chases it;

Returning in the evening, no one calls it.

Its strength cannot be matched;

It has horns, but no tether.

Without being driven, it goes free.

When driven, it goes along;

There are no ruined fields in the land.

These are all developments of the ox.

If anyone looks for it,

It runs to the horizon.

Led back, lt resembles you all;

I ask you—do you see or not?

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(Welcome link) ewk link note: As a part of this conversation /r/zen/wiki/bull I present Dongshan's Bull Poem. Let's discuss if it is antagonistic to "domestication of the bull Buddhism".

Submitted May 10, 2020 at 06:42PM by ewk https://ift.tt/3bgxL93