Te-shan Carries His Bundle. Is he right -- or wrong?

Recorded Saturday, February 8, 2025. In our previous koan teisho, (case 28, "Gateless Barrier"), Te-shan, that noted scholar of the Diamond Sutra, had set off with the clear intention of wiping out the “Zen devils” in the South. Fortunately for him -- and for us -- he fell into Master Lung-t’an’s Dragon Pond where he found his Original Face from before his parents were even born. Even so, he was still the same old hot head. Now, sure that all his learning was wrong and only reali...