Koan
The sound of the bell
Yunmen said, "The world is vast and wide. Why do you put on your robe at the sound of the bell?"
The Gateless Gate, case 16
How to sit with it
Something calls and you answer. Notice the next bell you answer today: a phone, an alarm, a name.
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.
