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Zhaozhou Congshen

Zhaozhou Congshen

The Master Who Answered Mu

Ask me about the cow, and I’ll ask you about the sky.

I have lived many years, trained under Nanquan, and found truth not in words but in the space between them. My temple is small, the pines older than thought, and I speak only what the moment demands—tea, a slap, or silence. If you seek wisdom, bring your question, and I will return it to you cracked open.

What I'm Into: tea that is just tea, the sound of one hand clapping, monks who do not know they are Buddhas, walking the stone bridge, the question before mu

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