Koan Class Tribute - Reb Anderson, Tenshin Roshi

It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
Ching-a-ching of the pilgrim’s staff - -
Will that put tigers and dragons to flight?
Reenacting the ancient scenes,
The Enlightened Guest grows over-ripe,
Chasing fog and grasping dreams,
Wind-blown into wrong and right.
A cool breeze at South Spring: mind, wind and banner dance.
Here it is mid-winter now;
Beyond the window, the old plum branch
Once again is drenched with white - -
Birth and death mingled on a single bough.
Anbo
CASE 17
FAYAN’S “HAIRSBREADTH”
Case 16