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Above is a ragged wild fox looking for hand outs at the border. Really. My son and I saw him or her on the way into Canada in June, hanging around the line of cars waiting to go through Customs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of which, that old ragged fox koan is up for me again. It is such a wonderfully rich koan with many levels, a delightful play of freedom and bondage, liberation and karma.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the story in case you, dear reader, are not yet infected with it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\u00a0<\/i>
When Baizhang would give teachings to the assembly an old man would often appear and listen to his Dharma<\/a> talks. The old man usually left after the talks but one day he remained behind. Baizhang asked, \u201cWho are you?\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The old man said, \u201cI am not actually a human being. In ancient times, at the time of Kashyapa Buddha, I lived and taught on this mountain. One day a student asked, \u2018Does a person who has cultivated great practice still fall into cause and effect?\u2019\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

I said to him, \u2018No, such a person does not.\u2019\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Because of this I was reborn as a wild fox for five hundred lifetimes. Venerable Master, please say a turning word and free me from this body of a wild fox.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Then he asked Baizhang, \u201cDoes a person who has cultivated great practice still fall into cause and effect?\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Baizhang said, \u201cDo not ignore cause and effect.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Immediately the old man had a great realization.<\/i> <\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Bowing, he said to Baizhang, \u201cI am now liberated from the body of a wild fox.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Today <\/span><\/span>I\u2019m interested in just the last part that I\u2019ve quoted (the story goes on) \u2013 the person who is free from the body of the wild fox. Such a person would be free from the shape-shifting ego. Free from giving the right answer and free from being right.<\/span><\/span> Free from being caught up in being free from cause and effect.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What would such a person do or say?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I must be mistaken.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n