Teisho presented by James Emmett on 25/07/2026 at the Pathway Zen Zenkai at Nerang, QLD, Australia.
Case
Master Sekiso said, “How should you take a step forward on top of a hundred-foot pole?” Also,
an eminent master of old said, “Even though one who is sitting on top of a hundred-foot pole
has entered realization, it is not yet real. One must step forward on top of the hundred-foot
pole and manifest the whole body throughout the world of ten directions.”
Mumon’s Commentary
If you can step forward and turn your body around, there will be no place where you are not
called honorable. Even so, just tell me, how do you step forward on top of the hundred-foot
pole? Ahem!
Verse
Making the eye on the forehead blind,
One clings to the mark on the scale;
Throwing away body and life,
One blind person leads many blind people.
