What's the alternative to dividing life up into problems and solutions? Barry Magid February 4th 2017

When we start with Mu, the gateless barrier, we imagine it to be impenetrable. Really it says, enter anywhere. "Sitting long becomes tiring," is a pretty good example of anywhere. Enter there. The dilemma is that while everyone knows sitting long can be very tiring, they don't realize it. What's the difference between knowing it and realizing it?

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The Blue Cliff Record, Case 17 Korin's Sitting Long Becomes Tiring

A monk asked Korin, "Why did Bodhidharma come from the West?"
Korin replied, "Sitting long becomes very tiring."

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