This is the second day of this, September, October, or we'll call it September 20, 24/7 day. Sashin, and today I'm going to continue with commenting on Guo Gus the essence of chan, A Guide to Life and practice, according to the teachings of Bodhidharma, Bodhidharma, who was the first ancestor of what came to be called the chan or Zen school, by the way, some accounts also link him to the development of Chinese martial arts, and in particular, Shaolin Kung Fu. But there really isn't scholarly evidence to back that up. That's part of the myth. Yesterday, I read the story of Bodhidharma encounter with Emperor Wu, as told by Guo Gu, which is also the subject of the first koan in the hekiganroku bodhidharmas, I don't Know. Or, as Guo Gu puts it, don't know. Okay. Continuing then from where we left off, he tells another story about Bodhidharma, and this one is the basis of a koan in the mumonkan Bodhidharma and mind pacifying, which is case number 41 Guo Gu says Bodhidharma traveled to many different places in China and witnessed firsthand how people actually practiced Buddhism. He came across a mix of Buddhist doctrines, translations, good deeds performed for religious merit, and intellectual debates about right and wrong. In other words, all the constructs people cling to that have nothing to do with ultimate Truth.