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April 26: What Is This Light That Everybody Has? – Deep Sit Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Tess Beasley
May 7–10: Say A True Word & I Will Stay The Night – Open Mind Retreat with John Tarrant, Tess Beasley, & Allison Atwill
June 8–14: Dragons & Tigers, Oh My! – Our Great Summer Sesshin with John Tarrant & PZI Teachers
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TUESDAY ZEN with David Weinstein: Magu Circles the Chan Seat
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Magu, carrying his staff with metal rings, went to Changqing. He walked around his Chan seat three times. He shook his staff once, and stood there looking haughty.
Changqing said, “Right, right!”
Then Magu went to Nanquan and walked around his Chan seat three times. He shook his staff once, and stood there looking haughty.
Nanquan said, “Wrong, wrong!”
Magu said, “Changqing said ‘Right!’ Why do you say, ‘Wrong!’?”
Nanquan said, “Changqing is right, but you are wrong. What you are doing is just spinning in the wind. It will come to nothing in the end.”
—Book of Equanimity Case 16
As I’ve been spending time with Magu and Changqing and Nanquan, Juzhi came along to join in. Well, actually it was more Juzhi’s attendant than Juzhi. But it was also Juzhi who filled in for both Changqing and Nanquan, though he said, “wrong” first, then, “right.” Whether it’s “right” first or “wrong” first, either way the point is the same. Then Fayan came along with the God of Fire seeking fire. Another case where “wrong” came first.
I’ve had my own experience where “wrong” came first. I’ll be talking about that and connecting the dots between these other koans on Tuesday.
—David Weinstein
COME JOIN US on Tuesdays for koan meditation, dharma talk and conversation.
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David Weinstein Roshi, Director of Rockridge Meditation Community
