The Sake Monaco turned to his master:
"Help me, are hungry for truth!" The master
submitted this famous koan:
"How to get out the goose from the bottle, without killing the goose and without breaking the bottle?"
Sake, without even asking how it was possible to close a goose alive in a bottle, gathered in meditation for days, determined to solve the puzzle, trying not to give in to sleep or even the pangs of hunger.
Meanwhile, near the monastery, he passed a beggar who found, with amazement, a goose in a closed bottle. He broke the glass and took the animal, without having to kill because he was already dead.
The beggar did not find enlightenment, but something to eat for that day.
"Help me, are hungry for truth!" The master
submitted this famous koan:
"How to get out the goose from the bottle, without killing the goose and without breaking the bottle?"
Sake, without even asking how it was possible to close a goose alive in a bottle, gathered in meditation for days, determined to solve the puzzle, trying not to give in to sleep or even the pangs of hunger.
Meanwhile, near the monastery, he passed a beggar who found, with amazement, a goose in a closed bottle. He broke the glass and took the animal, without having to kill because he was already dead.
The beggar did not find enlightenment, but something to eat for that day.
