The Zen Master Cuts, and the Patient Lives! by Jundo

[Doshin]

Gassho
Doshin
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[Shokai]

15 on even black

gassho, shokai

stlah

[Jakuden]

[emoji15]There really is a picture for everything out there! [emoji23][emoji120]
Gassho
Jakuden
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[Jishin]

The jackpot! 0



Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Jundo]

Ahhh, roulettekantaza! Same but different.

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

Gassho J

STLah

[Jishin]

Ahhh, roulettekantaza! Same but different.

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Jakuden]

Jakuden, you do surgery. What say you?

Looks like that emoji could use an MRI.

Gassho, J

STLah

Today my associate took a toy out of a cat’s stomach, but we weren’t sure what was in there beforehand! Dental surgery is often a surprise too, since you don’t find out which teeth need to come out until the patient is asleep, or what else might be going on inside their mouth. So I would say, no resemblance to Shikantaza, more like Roulette [emoji15]
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[Shokai]

Embalming is the same, once you connect your embalming machine with the subject you become one with the circulatory system and automatically do everything required to achieve optimum distribution of the embalming solution throughout the system. I always found it fascinating and inspiring to be able to work with a body like that.

gassho, Shokai

stlah

[Jundo]

Gassho,
Jakuden
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Jakuden, you do surgery. What say you?

Looks like that emoji could use an MRI.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Jakuden]

Gassho,
Jakuden
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[Byokan]

Like a real doctor, I keep changing my diagnosis every 5 minutes.

Gassho, J

SatTodayLAH

But the prescription remains the same!

Gassho
Byokan

[Jishin]

Well, not Shikantaza and not not Shikantaza then.



Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Jundo]

I guess you are right. Then Shikantaza.



Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

No, it is not Shikantaza ... unless one operates with the attitude that it is the whole of time and space operating, and the table is the only place in the universe with nothing to attain.

Thus, my diagnosis is that it is kind of like Shikantaza ... but it is not Shikantaza.

Like a real doctor, I keep changing my diagnosis every 5 minutes.

Gassho, J

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[Jishin]

I guess you are right. Then Shikantaza.



Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Jundo]

I guess you are right. Not Shikantaza.

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

No, I might be wrong and just speaking as someone who was asleep the whole time during my operation. The closest I come to playing doctor is owning a toy stethoscope.

In fact, from your description, it might have much in common, as can knitting, running, dancing and countless arts and pursuits where one pours oneself. I stand corrected.

Gassho, J

STLAh