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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: Stop the World!
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One day, Yanguan called to his attendant, “Bring me the rhinoceros fan.”
The attendant said, “It’s broken.”
Yanguan said, “If the fan is broken, bring me the rhinoceros.”
The attendant did not answer.
Zifu drew a circle and wrote “rhinoceros” inside it.
Book of Serenity Case 25
Yanguan’s request to have the rhinoceros brought to him stopped the world of his attendant. It’s sort of like being on a playground merry-go-round which suddenly stops, but the world keeps spinning. I’m reminded of last week’s koan about the turtle-nosed snake and how being bitten by it stops the world.
Imagine someone asking you what your favorite color is and after you tell them, they say, “No, it’s not.” That might stop you or might stop the world—either way. Anything might do it, be the trigger, the catalyst; like the sound of a pebble hitting bamboo, or being told a dog does not have Buddha nature, or that last step that you forgot was there.
One of my personal favorites is reaching for something that’s not there. It should be there, it is always there, I’m sure I put it there, and in the moment before any thought, before I start assigning blame, it’s quiet.
—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
