Tuesday, June 19, 2007

A buffalo passes through a window


Koan study group, meets byweekly
The next koan we are studying is in the Gateless Barrier, case number 38.
A BUFFALO PASSES THROUGH A WINDOW
Gaso said, “to give an example, its like a buffalo passing through a window. Its head, horns, and four legs have all passed through. Why is it that its tail cannot?”

2 comments:

Nicole Raisin Stern said...

I listened a couple of times to Joan Halifax Roshi's dharma podcast on Wu Tsu's Buffalo tail. Isn't the internet amazing?

Nicole Raisin Stern said...

i like the drawing--so alive. I'm guessing it's Katie's?