Koan
Put it down
A monk said to Zhaozhou, "I have come carrying nothing. What now?" Zhaozhou said, "Put it down." "If I carry nothing, what is there to put down?" "Then carry it away."
Sayings of Zhaozhou
How to sit with it
Even "nothing" can be something we carry proudly. What could you set down?
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.
