Koan
The stone bridge
A monk said, "I heard of the great stone bridge of Zhaozhou, but I see only a simple log." Zhaozhou said, "You see the log and not the bridge." "What is the bridge?" "Donkeys cross it. Horses cross it."
Blue Cliff Record, case 52
How to sit with it
A plain thing that carries everyone across is a great thing. What in your life is like that?
Read it once more, slowly. Then sit for two minutes and let it stay in the background. There is nothing to solve. New to this? Read what a koan is.
