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  Chang-ch'o, an educated man, once asked the Chinese Ch'an master Chih-t'sang:
-Is there paradise or hell?
Chih-t'sang replied:
-No.
Chang-ch'o protested:
-That is not correct. When I was studying under the priest... continue...

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A NEW COMER
One day, a newcomer got a chance and met a Zen teacher in front yard of his rural monastery - properly, a hut. He asked him:
-Master, I am a newcomer and I would like to learn something. Please teach me.
-There is nothing in here to teach or to learn.
He looked at the newcomer for little moment then walked away.

ChonTri 11/06/03


 



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