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Day: May 22, 2023

May 22, 2023

SANSHO’S GOLDEN CARP

If you ask
your teacher
to show you the Dharma
he will look
at you and remain
silent.
If you ask
nothing
of your teacher
he will
show you
the whole
of the Dharma.

A reflection on Case 33 of the Book of Equanimity (Shoyoroku 従容錄)

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