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Descending Through White Clouds
Rachel Boughton
Rachel Boughton gives a talk during the Summer 2017 sesshin. July 22, 2017.
24' 4" January 20, 2018 -
22' 45" June 26, 2017 -
Ch’ien is Separated From Her Soul
Allison Atwill
Art Sensei Allison Atwill presents on the koan “Ch’ien is separated from her soul” at the Winter 2011 Bare Bones Sesshin. Allison describes her creative process and how the koan becomes a work of art. January 19, 2011.
19' 19" July 20, 2017 -
Emptiness, Meditation, Koans
John Tarrant
John Tarrant gives a talk on Friday evening of the 2018 Summer Sesshin. June 15, 2018.
40' 27" June 19, 2018 -
A Koan Starter Kit
John Tarrant
“Working with a koan can make the world more transparent and alive and at the same time shift your consciousness in small and large ways. It’s a work of art as well as a spiritual method and intended to be useful in your life and contribute to your happiness.”
541 Words November 15, 2017 -
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Every Action is a Dharmic Action
David Weinstein
David Weinstein gives a talk at the 2017 Summer sesshin. Morning of July 17, 2017.
25' 51" January 20, 2018
Welcome to KALPA, free to all through October 2018. Subscribers will have exclusive access to new videos, articles, audio, and images, drawn from PZI’s 30-year archive. This includes our most recent retreats. The library will be updated with new content monthly. We aim to make this the liveliest and largest resource on koans in the English language.
Questions? Comments? Contact webmaster@pacificzen.org.
A Key to Koan Source Abbreviations:
BC – Blue Cliff Record
BS – Book of Serenity
EV – Entangling Vines
GG – Gateless Gate
MK – Miscellaneous Koans (Pacific Zen Collection)
TL – Transmission of the Lamp
WK – Warrior Koans
The format is, for example, koan (BC65), koan (MK40) (GG12)
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