<\/span>\n<\/span><\/p>\nExcerpt from Case 1, Record of Transmission of Light<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\nby Keizan Jokin-zenji\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nShakyamuni Buddha saw the morning star and realized enlightenment.\u00a0\u00a0He said, \u201cI together with all beings and the Great Earth attain the Way.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nAt age nineteen, Shakyamuni leapt over the palace walls in the dead of night and shaved off his hair.\u00a0\u00a0After that he practiced austerities for six years.\u00a0\u00a0Subsequently, he sat on the indestructible seat, so immobile that spiders spun webs in his eyebrows and magpies built a nest on top of his head.\u00a0\u00a0Reeds grew up between his legs as he sat tranquilly and erect for six years.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nAt the age of thirty, on the eighth day of the twelfth month, as the morning star appeared, he was suddenly enlightened.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI together with all beings and the Great Earth attain the Way\u201d are his first lion\u2019s roar.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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