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Spoken by Demons

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KOAN:

Guishan asked, “In the forty million volumes of the Nirvana Sutra,
how many words were spoken by demons, and how many by buddhas?”
Yangshan responds, “They were all spoken by demons!”

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Dharma Theme August 1, 2023

Dharma Theme: Dealing with Demons

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Koans
Hell in an SUV (MK26), Spoken by Demons, The Land of Demons (EV42)
Tags
crisis, demons, difficult times, exile, goblins, Guishan, Hakuin, hell, home, initiation, Land of Demons, meeting difficulty, not knowing, rakshasas, welcome, Yangshan, Zhaozhou
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Dharma Theme, Text

If you’ve got demons, you’re alive! But you don’t have to get on board with them. Demons come out of your own heart, just like enlightenment.

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