Teisho presented by Arno Hess on 23/05/2026 on the sixth day of the 2026 Pathway Zen Mini Sesshin at Bodhi Chan Meditation Centre, Springwood, QLD, Australia.
Case
Master Bashô said to the assembly, “If you have a shujô, I will give a shujô to you. If you
have no shujô, I will take the shujô from you.”
Mumon’s Commentary
Supporting us, it wades across a river that has no bridge. Accompanying us, it returns to
the village on a moonless night. But if you call it a shujô , you will go to hell as swiftly as an
arrow.
Verse
The depths and shallows everywhere
Are within the grip;
It supports the heavens and sustains the earth,
Everywhere it enhances the spirit of our sect.
