Painting the Five Positions

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I drew circles for the five positions, partly black, partly white. A picture is only paint; the positions are in the way you stand up from the cushion.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Caoshan Benji

Lineage: Caodong

By Caoshan Benji

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Sources

• contentThe Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues

  Cleary, Thomas (trans.)