Baling's Snow in a Silver Bowl (MK74a)(BCR13)
KOAN:
a. Someone asked Baling, “What is Chan?”
“A silver bowl filled with snow.”
– PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 74a & Blue Cliff Record, Case 13
Wherever you are, just take the role of host, and that place will be a true place.
—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 38d
KOAN:
a. Someone asked Baling, “What is Chan?”
“A silver bowl filled with snow.”
– PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 74a & Blue Cliff Record, Case 13