An old Zen story tells of a monk who saw a turtle in the monastery garden. The monk watched the turtle for a time, then approached his teacher and asked, “Why is it that most beings cover their bones with flesh and skin, but a turtle covers its flesh and skin with a bone?” Without speaking a word, the teacher took off one of his sandals and put it on the turtle’s back. This koan is meant to foil distinctions and duality. The monk saw beings as made of skin, flesh, and bones, here and there organized in different ways. By putting the sandal on the turtle, the Zen master attempted to demonstrate the absurdity of such a delusion.
An old Zen story tells of a monk who saw a turtle in the monastery garden. The monk watched the turtle for a time, then approached his teacher and asked, “Why is it that most beings cover their bones with flesh and skin, but a turtle covers its flesh and skin with a bone?” Without speaking a word, the teacher took off one of his sandals and put it on the turtle’s back. This koan is meant to foil distinctions and duality. The monk saw beings as made of skin, flesh, and bones, here and there organized in different ways. By putting the sandal on the turtle, the Zen master attempted to demonstrate the absurdity of such a delusion.
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