Teisho given by Robert Aitken Roshi on October 26 1986.

“It is like a water buffalo passing through a window. Its head, horns, and four legs all pass through. Why can’t its tail pass through too?” Wu men’s Verse:

Passing through,

Falling in a ditch.

Turning back,

All is lost.

This tiny little tail,

What a wonderful thing it is.