From The Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Joshu
The master asked Nan-ch’uan, “Where is a person who knows what there is to know to go?”
Nan-ch’uan said, “They go to be a water Buffalo at the house of a lay person at the foot of the mountain.”
The master said, “I am grateful for your instruction.”
NaN-ch’uan said, “At midnight last night, the moon came through the window.”
There’s other references to water buffalo in the cases (one just a few cases later that’s too long for me to transcribe with a phone). According to the Hutchinson Dictionary of Symbols in Chinese tradition the domestic buffalo is associated with contemplative life.
Submitted January 03, 2019 at 08:18AM by Pistaf http://bit.ly/2SzqWXk
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