04. A Beardless Foreigner
Wakuan complained when he saw a picture of bearded Bodhidharma: "Why hasn't that fellow a beard?"

Mumon’s comment: If you want to study Zen, you must study it with your heart. When you attain realization, it must be true realization. You yourself must have the face of the great Bodhidharma to see him. Just one such glimpse will be enough. But if you say you met him, you never saw him at all.

One should not discuss a dream
In front of a simpleton.
Why has Bodhidharma no beard?
What an absurd question!


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The Gateless Gate »The Gateless Gate
04. A Beardless Foreigner
05. Kyogen Mounts the Tree  »05. Kyogen Mounts the Tree
38. An Oak Tree In The Garden »38. An Oak Tree In The Garden
41. Bodhidharma Pacifies The Mind »41. Bodhidharma Pacifies The Mind
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