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syn = Reader of the | syn = Reader of the sutra: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | ||
:The sutra | |||
::Joshu was a master who started to study Zen when he was sixty. When he was eighty he found enlightenment. They say he taught for forty years after his enlightenment. | |||
::Once a student asked old Joshu: 'You teach that we should empty our minds. I have nothing in my mind -- now what should I do?' | |||
::'Throw it out,' said Joshu. | |||
::'But I have nothing -- how can I throw it out?' | |||
::Joshu said: 'If you can't throw it out, carry it out, drive it out, empty it out -- but don't stand there in front of me with nothing in your mind !' | |||
:([[Glossary#source_of_quotes_in_the_synopsis|source:''CD-ROM'']]) | |||
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prevevent = Returning to the Source ~ 01 | | prevevent = Returning to the Source ~ 01 | | ||
nextevent = Returning to the Source ~ 03 | | nextevent = Returning to the Source ~ 03 | | ||
Revision as of 05:52, 30 April 2019
| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 12 Dec 1974 am |
| location | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 35min. Quality: good. |
| online audio | |
| video | Not available |
| online video | |
| see also |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | SOURCE02 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutra: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- Joshu was a master who started to study Zen when he was sixty. When he was eighty he found enlightenment. They say he taught for forty years after his enlightenment.
- Once a student asked old Joshu: 'You teach that we should empty our minds. I have nothing in my mind -- now what should I do?'
- 'Throw it out,' said Joshu.
- 'But I have nothing -- how can I throw it out?'
- Joshu said: 'If you can't throw it out, carry it out, drive it out, empty it out -- but don't stand there in front of me with nothing in your mind !'
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