A collection of sticks
and boards is Keichu’s cart
Keichu’s cart no more
than a pile
of sticks and boards
not I
rides no horse
pulling no cart
a hundred spokes
dance in ten directions.
A reflection on Case 8 of the Mumonkan (Gateless Gate Koans)
A collection of sticks
and boards is Keichu’s cart
Keichu’s cart no more
than a pile
of sticks and boards
not I
rides no horse
pulling no cart
a hundred spokes
dance in ten directions.
A reflection on Case 8 of the Mumonkan (Gateless Gate Koans)
an old writer and his words 