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18. Tozan's Three Pounds

A monk asked Tozan when he was weighing some flax: "What is Buddha?"

Tozan said: "This flax weighs three pounds."


 * Mumon's comment: Old Tozan's Zen is like a clam. The minute the shell opens you see the whole inside. However, I want to ask you: Do you see the real Tozan?
 * Three pounds of flax in front of your nose,
 * Close enough, and mind is still closer.
 * Whoever talks about affirmation and negation
 * Lives in the right and wrong region.