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Day: July 18, 2022

July 18, 2022

YAKUSAN TAKES THE HIGH SEAT

When you sit at the foot
of the teacher, what
do you expect to hear?

You dare not ask him questions
for you know he
will give you no answers.

If he sits silently
smile for he has
given you
the whole
of the Dharma.

A reflection on case 7 of the Book of Equanimity

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