How Do You Cross a Stream?

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KOAN:

Shenshan was crossing a river with his dharma brother Dongshan. Dongshan said, “Don’t make a mistake with your steps and slip into the current.”
Shenshan said, “If I make a mistake with my steps, then I won’t live to cross the river.”
Dongshan said, “What is the state without mistakes?”
Shenshan said, “Now I’m crossing the river with the Ancestor.”

—Record of Dongshan

Dharma Theme July 26, 2023

Dharma Theme: Landscape as Teacher

PZI Teachers

Koans

A Thousand Mountains (MK13), Blue Dragon's Cave (BCR3), Changsha Wandering in the Mountains (BCR36), Dancing Mountains (MK5), How Do You Cross a Stream?, Ten Thousand Feet Down (MK27), The Coin Lost in the River (MK64), The Fire Across the River (MK2), The Valley Spirit Never Dies (DDJ6), The Valley Streams Run Deepest Indigo