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The Great Way Is Not Difficult (BCR2)

KOAN:

Zhaozhou taught, “The greatest way isn’t difficult if you don’t pick and choose.”

—Blue Cliff Record Case 2 (translation by John Tarrant & Joan Sutherland, titled: Zhaozhou’s Greatest Way Isn’t Difficult)

Note: Zhaozhou is quoting from Third Ancestor Sengcan‘s “Trust in Mind,” a foundational Chan text