Pillar (MK18)
KOAN:
Hide in a pillar.
– PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 18
A student asked Jiashan, “What is Jiashan’s state of mind?”
Jiashan answered, “Monkeys, clasping their young to their breasts, return beyond the green peaks: a bird with a flower in its beak alights before the blue cliff.”
—Entangling Vines, Case 99
KOAN:
Hide in a pillar.
– PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 18