The Call of the Zen Bulls: 8) Both Bull and Self Transcended

8) Both Bull and Self Transcended“Whip, rope, person, and bull — all merge in No-Thing.This heaven is so vast no message can stain it.How may a snowflake exist in a raging fire?Here are the footprints of the patriarchs.Commentary: “Mediocrity is gone. Mind is clear of limitation. I seek no state of enlightenment.Neither do I remain where no enlightenment exists.Since I linger in neither condition, eyes cannot see me. If hundreds of birds strew my path with flowers, such praise would be meanin...