Sitting Zen

Someone wrote：

 

“坐禅非是道

坐禅非非道

道就是什么

喝

喝也非是道”

 

(Soh's translation:

Sitting Zen is not Dao [the Way]

Sitting Zen is not other than Dao [the Way]

What is Dao [the Way]?

KATZ!

Katz is also not Dao [the Way])

 

Zen Master reply：

 

“坐禅即是道

坐禅不是道

如何是是道

喝

喝即喝喝道”

 

(Soh's translation:

Sitting Zen is the Dao [the Way]

Sitting Zen is not the Dao [the Way]

What is Is Dao [the Way]?

KATZ!

Katz is Katz Katz Dao [the Way])

 

John Tan reply in 2018：

 

“Sometimes I wonder why a master write in such a way....lol

 

那么多不必要的是是非非

那么多不必要的道三道四

还不如

行只是行，卧只是卧

见只是见，闻只是闻

若能如此，莫问道

 

(Soh's translation:

So much unnecessary Is and Is Not

So much unnecessary Dao this, Dao that

[All these are] still not as good as

[In] action only action, [in] sleeping is only sleep

[In] the seen only the seen, [in] the heard is only the heard

If it is possible to be like this, there is none who ask about Dao)”