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Episode 34: A Woman Raised a Goose in a Bottle
By John Tarrant
Today, Roshi John Tarrant takes up an infamous koan about a woman raising a goose in a bottle.
There are many bottles that we may feel trapped in throughout our lives. Awakening is never about solving our problems but rather about dissolving the constraints of the mind.
In this episode we discuss the don’t-know quality of Zen and koans in general.
We also consider koans as a gateway.
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Reject what is not true and the real naturally appears.
— John Tarrant
Show notes:
- What does the koan about the goose in the bottle teach us
- How to care for life
- What is awakening
- How to get the goods out of the bottle
The koan is always about you and your life.
— John Tarrant
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A koan is a kind of beginning … it opens you up.
— John Tarrant