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?”
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:
I listened a couple of times to Joan Halifax Roshi's dharma podcast on Wu Tsu's Buffalo tail. Isn't the internet amazing?
i like the drawing--so alive. I'm guessing it's Katie's?
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