Master! Are You Awake?

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Every day Ruiyan would call out to himself, "Master!" and answer, "Yes?" Then he would say, "Are you awake?" and answer, "Yes, yes!" "From now on, don't be fooled by others, any day, any time." "No, no!"

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Attribution

• Speaker
  Ruiyan Shiyan

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Ruiyan Shiyan

• Zuigan Calls His Own Masterkoan

From Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues

• My Mind Is Not at Peace
• Thinking of Not-Thinking
• Not Knowing Is Most Intimate
• The Boat Monk's Transmission
• The Sound of Bamboo
• Vast Emptiness, Nothing Holy
• Ordinary Mind Is the Way
• Nanquan Kills the Cat
• Wash Your Bowl
• The Oak Tree in the Garden

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Mumonkan Case 12; Jingde Chuandenglu, Ruiyan chapter

  Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues: Master! Are You Awake?