Koan
Baizhang and the fox
An old man told Baizhang that long ago he had taught that an awakened person does not fall into cause and effect, and for that answer he had lived five hundred lives as a fox. Baizhang said, "An awakened person is not blind to cause and effect."
The Gateless Gate, case 2
How to sit with it
Actions have consequences, for everyone. Where are you hoping to be the exception?
Read it once more, slowly. Then sit for two minutes and let it stay in the background. There is nothing to solve. New to this? Read what a koan is.
