Master Joshu said, “The true-Self was before the universe came into being. The true-Self never collapses when the universe does.” Then, a monastic asked, “What is the true-Self?” Joshu answered, “Our bodies.” The monastic said, “They are also things that collapse with time. What is the true-Self?” Joshu said, “Our bodies.”
Student: “Why did Joshu say that our bodies which collapse are the true-Self that never collapses?”
Master: “Because although he showed what never collapses, you make it collapse.”
Commentary:
What collapses is one with what never collapses.
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