r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/132fq1r/bos_case_10_the_women_of_taishan_wtf_old_lady/ Post Summary: Case: On the road to Taishan there lived a certain woman. (A rabbit on the road between the neighboring city and the farmhouses.) Wherever a monk asked her, "Which way does the road to Taishan go?"(Traveling for a whole lifetime, you don't even know where you're going.) the woman would say, "Right straight on."(This is not yet quite good-hearted.) As soon as the monk would go,(having run into a thief without realizing it.) the woman would say, "A fine priest--he goes that way too." (you're already a swindler.) A monk told Zhaozhou about this; (When people are even, they don't talk.) Zhaozhou said, "Wait till I check out that woman for you. (When water is level it doesn't flow.)" Zhaozhou also asked the woman the same question. (A trap to fell a tiger.) The next day he went up in the hall and said, "I have checked out the woman for you."(I'm an even bigger swindler.) Zen Teaching: Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Joshu, Green's translation of Zhaozhou's record. Post Cast Overview: Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted

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