Mumonkan

CASE 20. SHOGEN'S STRONG MAN Shogen said,"Why is it that a man of strength cannot lift up his own legs and stand up (for Zen)?" And again, "It is not with our tongue that we speak." Mumon's Comments: Shogen said it by turning his heart inside out, and no one was there to receive it. If anyone should comprehend Shogen, then come to me and receive my blows. To know the genuine gold, you must see it through fire. Raising my foot I turn upside down the Scented Ocean, Bowing my head I look down on the Four Dhyana Heavens. Such a body of full strength has no place to rest, Please finish this verse yourself!