Thursday, December 25, 2025

Five-Storied Pagoda #3

Koan:

Take out a five-storied pagoda from a teapot.
Is it enough to just do a job? What state of mind is required? Dogen wrote, “...he must handle them as carefully as if they were his own eyes.” I can simply put the pagoda in the teapot—plunk!, or I can do it with the realization that this is my own eyes that I'm holding in my hands.

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