Dongshan's Five Ranks (4th)
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)
Wherever you are, just take the role of host, and that place will be a true place.
—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 38d
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)