Seung Sahn Soen-sa told the story of Su Tung-p'o's enlightenment. Afterwards he said to his students: “What do we learn from this story? That Zen teaches us to cut off all discriminating thoughts and to understand that the truth of the universe is ultimately our own true self. All of you should meditate very deeply on this. What is this thing that you call the self? When you understand what it is, you will have returned to an intuitive oneness with nature and will see that nature is you and you are nature, that nature is the Buddha, who is preaching to us at every moment. I hope that all of
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