{"id":503,"date":"2008-10-07T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2008\/10\/work-world-koan\/"},"modified":"2008-10-07T06:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T06:28:00","slug":"work-world-koan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2008\/10\/work-world-koan.html","title":{"rendered":"Work World Koan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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This old case bubbled up in zazen this morning:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Yunyan asked Baizhang, \u201cEvery day there is hard work to do. Who do you do it for, master?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Baizhang replied, \u201cFor the one who requires it. \u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yunyan replied, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you let her do it herself.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Baizhang replied, \u201cShe has no tools.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Questions for our work: What is our work? Who do we do it for? What is required? What does it mean that she has no tools?<\/span><\/p>\n

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This old case bubbled up in zazen this morning: Yunyan asked Baizhang, \u201cEvery day there is hard work to do. Who do you do it for, master?\u201d Baizhang replied, \u201cFor the one who requires it. \u201d Yunyan replied, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you let her do it herself.\u201d Baizhang replied, \u201cShe has no tools.\u201d Questions for our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWork World Koan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This old case bubbled up in zazen this morning:Yunyan asked Baizhang, \u201cEvery day there is hard work to do. 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