Teachings From Ancient Vietnamese Zen Masters – 158
64 Fire
There is fire in the wood.
The fire is there, then the fire is born.
If you say the wood has no fire,
how could you make fire by friction?
KHUÔNG VIỆT (933 - 1011)
(COMMENT: Fire in the wood? Some Zen masters prefer to say that you
have been a Buddha since long, long time ago.)
