Miscellaneous Koans · CASE 17
Kido’s Three Barriers
Preliminary koans studied before The Gateless Gate
Case
a) How is it that someone whose eyes are not opened, puts on clothes and skirts made of empty sky? b) How is it that someone who surveys land and digs wells cannot evade that? c) How is it that someone who plunges into the sea and counts all the sands is sitting on top of a needle?
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