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Buddha, Buddhism, Koan, Truth, Zen

Q41. Student: “What are you when your body is not you?”

June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 Zen Fools

Master: “Did you have lunch?”

Student: “Yes, sir.”

Master: “Why don’t you wash your dish?”

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Commentary:
The master was very kind but too talkative.
If I had been the student, I would have thrown my dish at him.

All writing ©Boo Ahm. All images ©Simon Hathaway.

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