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Dongshan's Five Ranks (4th)

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KOAN:

Poem 4

Two swords are crossed.
There’s no way to retreat.
You’re a lotus in the fire
You can’t help it
You’re determined to go higher.

—from the Record of Dongshan, The Five Ranks (4th Rank)