The Stone Drenched with Rain (MK21)
KOAN:
This is the stone,
drenched with rain
that points the way.
– PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 21 (Santoka)
Changsha went wandering in the mountains one day.
When he returned to the temple gate the head monk asked, "Where have you been?"
Changsha said, "I have come from walking in the hills."
"Which way did you go?"
"I went out following the scented grasses and came back chasing the falling blossoms."
—Blue Cliff Record, Case 36
KOAN:
This is the stone,
drenched with rain
that points the way.
– PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 21 (Santoka)