{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/glg/glg46.htm","path":"bud/glg/glg46.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/glg/glg46.htm","text":"The Gateless Gate, by Ekai, called Mu-mon, tr. Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps [1934]\nSekiso asked: \"How can you proceed on from the top of a hundred-foot pole?\" Another Zen teacher said: \"One who sits on the top of a hundred-foot pole has attained a certain height but still is not handling Zen freely. He should proceed on from there and appear with his whole body in the ten parts of the world.\"\nMumon's comment: One can continue his steps or turn his body freely about on the top of the pole. In either case he should be respected. I want to ask you monks, however: How will you proceed from the top of that pole? Look out!","title":"The Gateless Gate: 46. Proceed from the Top of the Pole","type":"page"}