Koan Commentary: The One Who Does Not Get Sick

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Master Tozan was sick. A monk said, “Is there anyone who does not get sick?”

Tozan said, “There is.”

The monk said, “Does the one who does not get sick take care of you?”

Tozan said, “I take care of him.”

The monk said, “What happens when you take care of him?”

Tozan said, “Then no one is sick.”

- The Book of Equanimity, Case 94

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