2024 Winter Sesshin: PM Day Three – 10,000 Feet Down

a. In the Sea of Ise, ten thousand feet down, lies a single stone.
I want to pick up that stone
without getting my hands wet.

b. Here is the stone, inscribed with three lines:

1. The top line is a signature.
2. The right line reads, “Cannot get wet.”
3. The left line reads, “Cannot get dry.”

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 27

John Tarrant gives the evening talk on day three of PZI’s 2024 Winter Sesshin: Where Do You Go When You Die? & Other Miscellaneous Koans.