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Fayan's Students Roll Up the Blinds (GG26)

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Fayan has two students roll up the blinds on his windows. They do this the same way. One is chastised, while the other is praised. One wins, one loses.

—Gateless Gate, Case 26

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Dharma Theme March 29, 2023

Dharma Theme: Not Getting It – Doing It Wrong

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Bodhidharma's Vast Emptiness (BCR1)(BS2), Dahui's Great Doubt, Fayan's Students Roll Up the Blinds (GG26), Shoushan's Three Phrase BS76
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Bodhidharma, Dahui, Dharma Theme, doing it wrong, Fayan, getting it wrong, getting lost, great doubt, not getting it, not having the wrong life, not knowing, scorn
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Dharma Theme, Text

The Zen approach is not about avoiding mistakes but bringing them to the path. Making a mistake opens the tenderness in us and can be more helpful than not making one. Then, the mistakes are not mistakes.

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