The Whole Purpose of Your life
KOAN:
The whole purpose of your life rests in the current matter.
—Mazu Daoyi (excerpt form a longer teaching)
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:
The whole purpose of your life rests in the current matter.
—Mazu Daoyi (excerpt form a longer teaching)