The Zen Master Hoshin lived in China many years. Then he returned to the northeastern part of Japan, where he taught his disciples. When he was getting very old, he told them a story he had heard in China. This is the story:
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WHERE ARE YOUR BUDDHA-DHARMAS?
There are some stones, trees, flowers, brooks, animals in the mountain where the old deluded man lives.
One day there was a visitor who came and asked him: -It seems there are many things around here, but where are your Buddha-dharmas, Sir? The d.o.m. said: -You see the big stones are big; the small stones are small. The tall trees are tall; the short trees are short. The white flowers are white and the red flowers are red. What Buddha-dharmas are you talking about?
The visitor asked for a cup of tea, then left after that.
the d.o.m.
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