DHARMA SPRING
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DHARMA SPRING
Nanquan's Ox and Fire
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Andrew Palmer
A student asked Nanquan, "As you formally sit in your quarters (for Work in the Room/dokusan), how do you guide people?"
Nanquan replied, "Last night at midnight I lost the ox; this morning as dawn arrived I lost the fire."
from Entangling Vines, Thomas Yuho Kirchner, trans