Koan
The wild ducks
Mazu and Baizhang saw wild ducks fly overhead. "Where have they gone?" asked Mazu. "They have flown away," said Baizhang. Mazu twisted Baizhang's nose. Baizhang cried out in pain. "When did they ever fly away?" said Mazu.
Blue Cliff Record, case 53
How to sit with it
The mind runs after what has gone. What is here instead?
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.
