SPIRITUAL MONK
A MONK SAID TO TOZAN YOU ALWAYS SAY LEARNERS TO CHOOSE THE WAY OF THE BIRDS. WHAT IS THIS WAY OF THE BIRDS?
TOZAN SAID, YOU MEET NOBODY ON THIS. THE MONK THEN ASKED HOW Might WE GO ON THIS WAY? TOZAN ANSWERED BY EGOLESSNESS, ATTENDING STEP BY STEP AS IT COMES.
THE MONK SAID ISN'T THE BIRDS' WAY THE SAME AS ONE'S ORIGINAL BIRD'S NATURE? TOZAN SAID O MONK WHY DO YOU GET EVERYTHING UPSIDE-DOWN IN THE WHOLE WORLD?
THE MONK ASKED WHAT IS THIS PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GET THINGS UPSIDE-DOWN IN THE WHOLE WORLD? TOZAN SAID IF THERE WERE NO TOPSY-TURVINESS HOW COULD A SERVANT BECOME A LORD? THE MONK ASKED WHAT IS OUR UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED NATURE? TOZAN ANSWERED NOT TAKING THE WAY OF THE FLYING BIRDS.
At the point when A MONK ASKED KASSAN, IS IT ANY RIGHT WAY? HE ANSWERED, "THE SUN OVERFLOWS OUR EYES; FOR TEN THOUSAND LEAGUES NOT A CLOUD HANGS IN THE SKY. WHAT IS THE NATURAL FORM OF THE UNIVERSE? ASKED THE MONK. THE FISHES AT PLAY IN THE WATER MAKE SOME MISTAKES, REPLIED KASSAN.
