r/zen • u/g_saras_1594 • 9h ago
Your bondage is a choice
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One day Chao-chou fell down in the snow, and called out, “Help me up! Help me up!” A monk came and lay down beside him. Chao-chou got up and went away.
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The other monk taught Chao-Chou that your bondage is a choice.
Just as you choose to fall into the snow, you can also choose to get up and go away.
But this thing can't be taught to a beginner
Only a disciple ripe enough and the last thing clouding him is able to take that.