Consider the following dialogue between Shinzan…
Consider the following dialogue between Shinzan and Tozan.
While Zen Master Shinzan Somitsu is walking with Great Master Tozan Gohon, Great Master Gohon points to a nearby temple and says, “Inside there is someone expounding the mind and expounding the nature.”
His elder brother Somitsu says, “Who is it?”
Great Master Gohon says, “Being asked one question by you, elder brother, I have directly attained the state of having died completely.”
Brother Somitsu says, “That concrete state of expounding the mind and expounding the nature is who.”
Great Master Gohon says, “In death I have come alive.
“Nishijima, Cross. “Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo, Book 3”. p. 44. 1997. Windbell Publications.
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