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Koan Summer: Case 94 – Tozan is Ill

  • Aug 4, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 12, 2025

Seido talks about the context of this koan from the Book of Serenity that heralds the ending of the koan curriculum and the coming absence of the teacher. The koan explores the realization of one’s true self, the “one who is not ill,” and the liberation Tozan has come to know when he says he has “the opportunity to take care of him.”




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