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The Oak Tree in the Garden (GG37)(BS47)

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KOAN:

Someone asked Zhaozhou, ” Why did Bodhidharma come from the west?”
Zhaozhou replied, “The oak tree in the garden.”

—Gateless Gate 37, Book of Serenity 47