Dogs at Midnight (MK4)
KOAN:
Stop the dogs barking at midnight.
– PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 4
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:
Stop the dogs barking at midnight.
– PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 4