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Linji's Nothing To Do

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KOAN:

I’m just a person with nothing to do.

—from the Record of Linji

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Dharma Theme May 1, 2023

Dharma Theme: Great Ancestor Linji

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Linji's Blockhead, Linji's Nothing I Dislike (MK38a), Linji's Nothing To Do, Linji's Solitary Brightness (MK38c), Linji's Take the Role of Host (MK38d), Linji's True Person (MK38b)(BS38), Linji's True Place (MK38d)
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Ancestors, be the host, blockhead, Dharma Theme, enlightenment, Linji, no rank, solitary brightness, true person, your light
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Dharma Theme, Text

Meet Great Ancestor Linji: “A nine-colored Phoenix, a thousand-mile horse.” That’s how Linji was described in early Chan times.

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