Refuges
The Three Refuge Vows
KOAN:
I take refuge in awakening
I take refuge in the way
I take refuge in my companions
—PZI Vows as Koans
Zhaozhou taught, “’The great way isn’t difficult if you don’t pick and choose.’ As soon as I speak,
you’ll think, ‘That’s picking and choosing,’ or ‘That’s clear.’ But I don’t identify with clarity. Can you live like that?”
A student asked, “If you don’t identify with clarity, what do you live by?”
“I don’t know.”
The Three Refuge Vows
KOAN:
I take refuge in awakening
I take refuge in the way
I take refuge in my companions
—PZI Vows as Koans