<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Mayu was fanning himself. A monk approached and said, \u201cMaster, the nature of wind is permanent and there is no place it does not reach. Why then do you fan yourself?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAlthough you understand that the nature of the wind is permanent,\u201d Mayu replied,\u201d you do not understand the meaning of its reaching everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is the meaning of its reaching everywhere?\u201d asked the monk again.<\/p>\n Mayu just kept fanning himself. The monk bowed deeply.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And found that Mayu had something to say about the monk bowing that Dogen either didn\u2019t know about or didn\u2019t include.<\/p>\n \u201cUseless teachers and monks. There are a thousand of them. What are they good for?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Edwin Starr\u2019s dharma<\/a> presentation (\u201cGood God, ya all!\u201d) came to mind and I\u2019m digging it this Friday morning:
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