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Shoushan's Three Phrase BS76

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KOAN:

Shoushan said to the assembly, “If you get it the first time you hear it, you will be a teacher of buddhas and patriarchs.
If you get it the second time, you will be the teacher of humans and gods.
If you get it the third time, you cannot even save yourself.”
“When did you get it teacher?”
Shoushan answered: “The moon sets at midnight. I walk alone through the town.”

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Dharma Theme March 29, 2023

Dharma Theme: Not Getting It – Doing It Wrong

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Bodhidharma's Vast Emptiness (BCR1)(BS2), Dahui's Great Doubt, Fayan's Students Roll Up the Blinds (GG26), Shoushan's Three Phrase BS76
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Bodhidharma, Dahui, Dharma Theme, doing it wrong, Fayan, getting it wrong, getting lost, great doubt, not getting it, not having the wrong life, not knowing, scorn
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Dharma Theme, Text

The Zen approach is not about avoiding mistakes but bringing them to the path. Making a mistake opens the tenderness in us and can be more helpful than not making one. Then, the mistakes are not mistakes.

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