Zen Koan: Was Chao-Chu really helpless? || Acharya Prashant

Acharya Prashant

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00:00This is about Chao Chu. One day Chao Chu fell down in the snow and called out, help me up, help me up.

00:07So he finds someone coming to him. Must be expecting that this fellow will now lend a hand and pull him up.

00:13But instead of pulling him up, what does this monk do? Came and lay down beside him.

00:19Now Chao Chu got up and went away. What has this other monk, in a second, experientially taught Chao Chu?

00:26Now, bondage is a choice. You are not helpless. You are pretending to be.

00:32Just as you chose to fall into the snow, you can equally choose to get up and walk away.

00:40It is within your power. But you are pretending to be helpless when you are actually not.

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