What to do!

With palms together,
 
 
Strong Zen:  we are now wireless and untethered from a hard-line to the laptops, but one of our phone jacks is inoperable.  Thank goodness for wireless, walkaround, phones.  So, our bedroom is a maze of wires and blinking lights, but I am able to sit at the desk in the living room and write to you.
 
This was a several day, many continuous hour process. I am pleased that it is over, but also pleased that we managed to get through it with a minimum of serious stress.
 
I look forward to getting back to short dialog and daily posts.
 
I was studying koan case Number 36 in the Gateless Gate collection translated and commented upon by Senzaki roshi  outside on the patio this morning in the pre-dawn hours. The case is entitled, Meeting a Master on the Road.
 
Gaso said,  "When you meet a Zen master on the road, you cannot say speak, you cannot remain silent.  What will you do?
 
Dear Zen students, what is your answer?
 
Be well.
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Dear Zen students, what is your answer?
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walk on with an attitude of gratefullness for having chanced meeting him.

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wave

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Such moments really ask us to decide whast words or actions are really necessary and what are gratuitous. Master Nyogen Senzaki refers to this as a sort of "elegant silence".

Be well.