Knock Down the Pole

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Mahākāśyapa told me: knock down the pole at the gate. I did so, and only then was I admitted to the council. The robe and the memorizing were not enough; the gate too had to be released.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Ananda

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Ananda

• Thus Have I Heardsaying
• Thus Have I Heardproverb
• Women as Equalsproverb
• Twenty-Five Years as Attendantproverb
• Late Arahantshipproverb

Sources

• contentEssays in Zen Buddhism, First Series

  D. T. Suzuki