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Huanglong Huinan's Three Turning Words (MK16)(GG49)(EV10)

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KOAN:

a. How is my hand like the Buddha’s hand?

b. How does my leg compare with a donkey’s leg?

c. In the world of karma, everyone has a birthplace. What is yours?

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans Case 16, Gateless Gate 49, Entangling Vines 10

Text July 7, 2020

Class 6 Curriculum Notes: Vast Emptiness – Call & Response Koans

John Tarrant

Koans
A Donkey Sees a Well (BS52), Dongshan Sick (BS94), Dongshan's Each Stitch, Emperor Wu Questions Bodhidharma (BCR1)(BS2), Guishan's No Foundation to Rely On (BS37), Huanglong Huinan's Three Turning Words (MK16)(GG49)(EV10), Linji's Take the Role of Host (MK38d), Say Something in Response (BCR14), Someone with No Shadow or Form Is Drawing the Water
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Class 6 Curriculum Notes: Vast Emptiness – Call & Response Koans. Please do not share, this is core curriculum. July 25 2020.

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