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Day: August 24, 2020

August 24, 2020

Fuketsu’s Speech and Silence 無門關 二十四

Inward but not outward
a broken stick

Outward but no inward
a broken stick

A partridge sings
in silence
flowers bloom
at midnight

Fuketsu smiles knowingly.

A reflection on case 24 of the Mumonkan (Gateless Gate)

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