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The Moon Sets at Midnight
…teacher replies, “The moon sets at midnight. I walk alone through the town.” This teacher was called Shoushan and the story is from The Book of Serenity. Human beings are…
6 The Moon Sets At Midnight – The Zenosaurus Course In Koans
6 The Moon Sets At Midnight – The Zenosaurus Course In Koans Walls Falling Down at Midnight Rostov felt both frightened and elated to be riding alone with three hussars…
Coral Moon
Allison Atwill, “Coral Moon,” 2013. Acrylic on birch panel with silver leaf, 30″ x 40″. A student asked Baling, “What is the sharpest sword?” Baling said, “Each branch of coral…
Dharma Theme: Guanyin In the Pavilion Under the August Moon
…Moment of Life with Michelle Riddle Sensei Water: AUDIO: Guanyin’s Watery Nature with Tess Beasley Sensei AUDIO EXCERPT: Water Moon Guanyin with Tess Beasley Sensei Air: AUDIO: Guanyin’s Breath –…
Ceremonies: Long Readings for Afternoon: Yongjia Xuanjue’s Song of Enlightenment
…moon is reflected in many waters; all the water-moons are from the one moon. The dharma body of all buddhas has entered my own nature, and my nature becomes one…
PZI Art Card #12: Each Branch of Coral Holds Up the Moon
PZI Art Card #12: Each Branch of Coral Holds Up the Moon…
Moonlight on the Path
…and I had to sort of plan my strategy, and if I didn’t get breaks I would… [end of track, incomplete] 2011 Hunter’s Moon Sesshin October 13 John Tarrant …
Dongshan’s Five Ranks: Poem 1
…moon are so congenial, and although the moon hasn’t risen yet, we know it’s about to rise, or it might rise, and so you have a koan that encompasses all…
Carl Jung’s Red Book
…be on the moon, or she dreamt it, but she wasn’t on the moon.” And he looked at me earnestly and said, “Yes, she was on the moon.” I still…
The Great Collaborators of the Blue Cliff Record
…moon reflects the white flowers, says Yuanwu, and white flowers reflect the bright moon. At this moment, tell me what realm is this? I think there’s a lot of stuff…
How Many Times Have I Gone There for You?
…feeling?” And it goes down to the bottom of the universe. “How are you?” And Ma said, “Sun-faced Buddha, moon-faced Buddha.” “Sun-faced Buddha, moon-faced Buddha.” Yesterday I was feeling pretty…
Secret Fidelity & One Finger Zen, Even in the Bardos
…bends to the trees and in the quiet river, and in the quiet river, the moon comes down among us Another feeling of the sound of the bell, “In the…
Every Day Is a Good Day
…this you’ll shine outward in old age. The moon will think you are the moon. Thank you very much. —John Tarrant Winter Sesshin 2020 Listen to Audio of this Talk…
The Ink Dark Moon: What Is It To Meet Things?
Tess Beasley asks, “What is it to meet things?” as she introduces The Ink Dark Moon – stories on Meetings, Love, and Zen. Love brings something forth in us. We…
Çaoshan’s Dharma Body
…52) Caoshan asked elder monk De, “The Buddha’s true essential body is like space. It responds to things, manifesting its forms the way the moon appears in the water. How…
Dongshan’s Five Ranks: Poem 5
…by the fire. We watch the moon fall. Other times she’ll get up and pay attention, but when she’s meditating she doesn’t. She just sits there and watches. So she’s…
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Is the Mess of the World
Our Q’s & A’s of love and Zen, from The Ink Dark Moon Sunday session. In Zen nothing is excluded. Turning toward everything, even what doesn’t fit with our description…
The Ink Dark Moon: Calling Myself Beloved
…have like Deshan and his commentaries. We want to be included, “to feel beloved on earth.” Where is love in Zen? Included! Audio excerpt from The Ink Dark Moon. As…
Audio Excerpt: Water Moon Guanyin with Tess Beasley
Audio excerpt from Guanyin in the Pavilion Under the August Moon. Tess Beasley Sensei and the winged pavilion of summer. The various ways compassion can manifest. Water offers compassion at…
The Names and Shapes of Things
…Under the new moon, I stepped out over still warm flagstones and onto the path between the persimmon and the raspberries… Bare feet in the dark, grass scratching, leaves rustling,…
Each Branch of Coral Holds Up The Moon
…the sword which will cut even the finest piece of hair in two?” The response to the question is, “Each branch of coral holds up the moon.” February 22, 2013….
Guanyin’s Breath in the Pavilion Under the August Moon with Sarah Bender Roshi
Audio: PZI Zen Online – Guanyin in the Pavilion Under the August Moon with Sarah Bender Roshi manifesting Guanyin as air with ‘Breath Sweeps Mind’ and the call and response…
18 Gratitude, Care And Feeding Of – The Zenosaurus Course In Koans
18 Gratitude, Care And Feeding Of – The Zenosaurus Course In Koans Let’s start with a koan The teacher said, “I’m not asking about before the full moon, say a…
The Lion with the Golden Hair
…Are worth ten thousand pieces of gold. The perfume of the flowers is so pure. The shadows of the moon are so black. In the pavilion the voices and flutes…
Joy, Mosquitoes & Zen
…the voice of the Way. The vast emptiness of deep meditation The brightness of the bright moon of wisdom Is anything missing from this moment? Nirvana appears before us…
Class 6 Curriculum Notes: Vast Emptiness – Call & Response Koans
John Tarrant
…spring beyond kalpas; You ride a jade elephant backwards, chasing the winged dragon-deer. Now as you hide far beyond innumerable peaks – a white moon, a cool breeze, the dawn…
