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Koan Class Tribute - Reb Anderson, Tenshin Roshi

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CASE 43<br />

Case 42<br />

LUOSHAN’S “ARISING AND VANISHING”<br />

(1)<br />

The meditation instruction is clear<br />

Are you there for it or not?<br />

Witness, witness, the enlightenment of the ancestors.<br />

Spring arriving<br />

Forsythia Blooms at the End of the Road<br />

The innocent returning sits at the embankment<br />

Not moving even an inch<br />

Witness, witness! Again and again<br />

Dharma Gates are boundless<br />

Delusion in profusion, swallowing the medicine<br />

What a mess!<br />

Obstruction realized is not obstruction<br />

Celebration<br />

The Forsythia Universe reveals itself freely!<br />

Understanding the root of such a display<br />

Spring arrives<br />

Moment after moment.<br />

(2)<br />

Clearly aware<br />

In a twinkling, winking and blinking<br />

of an eye ( I )<br />

Whole worlds are there<br />

Whirling and twirling<br />

It’s a mystery, all happening<br />

In the twinkling, winking and blinking<br />

of an eye

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