Your own treasure house

A student came to Mazu seeking the truth. Mazu said, "Why look outside? You have your own treasure house. Why go seeking elsewhere?"

Traditional story of Mazu and Daiju

How to sit with it

What do you already have that you keep looking for somewhere else?

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.