Koan
Kicking over the pitcher
Baizhang set a water pitcher on the floor and asked, "If you cannot call this a water pitcher, what do you call it?" Guishan stepped forward and kicked it over.
The Gateless Gate, case 40
How to sit with it
Sometimes the answer is an action, not a name. What would you do instead of explaining?
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.
