Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘Yangshan asked Kueishan, “If a million objects come to you, what do you do?” Kueishan answered, “A green article is not yellow. A long thing is not short. Each object manages its own fate. Why should I interfere with them?”‘ (The Iron Flute)

Considering how often I refer to this story, it is a bit of a surprise that I haven’t posted it since 2017 – albeit I offered two different translations of it that year.