Koan was from The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans by Koun Yamada. Case 7: Joshu's Washing the Bowls.
Reflection questions:
1) What were you looking for when you first entered the monastery/practice/zen center?
2) How would you have reacted to this teaching back then?
3) Do you notice any resistance from you or a part of you to this?
4) How do you respond to this teaching now? What’s alive in you?
5) Utilizing this koan, what could this teaching mean for your practice?
