Completely unrelated to this video, tonight marks the start of our weekend zazenkai with guest teacher Dae Gak (former disciple of Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn).
A monk once asked, "There's a teaching which has the words, 'The great ocean does not harbor a dead corpse.' What is the ocean?
Caoshan said, "It includes everything."
The monk asked, "Why doesn't it include corpses?"
Caoshan said, "Those who have ceased breathing are not manifested."
The monk said, "Since it includes everything, why are those who've stopped breathing not manifested?"
Caoshan said, "The myriad things don't have this virtue. The cessation of breath has virtue."
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