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One day Yao-shan Wei-yen (750-834), one of the well-known Chinese Ch'an master,
was asked by the host of the monastery to give his sermon to the assembly who
for a long while was expecting his teaching. Yao-shan said: "Strike the bell."

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EACH DAY ONE STEP
Each day one step.
Each step gets closer to a graveyard or crematory.
What would one do with the rest of the days of his lifetime on this earth?

P.S.:
Don't say:
I don't know, you tell me.
I'd do nothing or I'd laugh, I'd smile,
I'd cry, I'd eat, I'd drink, I'd sleep, I'd go to bathroom..., and the like.

ChonTri 01/12/2008

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