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Day: February 11, 2019

February 11, 2019

MAN OF GREAT STRENGTH 無門關 二十

From this place
traverse a thousand paths
visit the ten directions
with unmoving feet
and recount your tale
with frozen tongue
to we deaf
quadriplegics.


A reflection on case 20 of the Mumonkan (The Gateless Gate)
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