Koan

Sun faced buddha

Master Mazu was unwell. The temple steward asked, "How is your health these days?" Mazu said, "Sun-faced Buddha, moon-faced Buddha."

Blue Cliff Record, case 3

How to sit with it

Good days and bad days are both days. How is your health today, exactly as it is?

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.

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