Audio Files
June 7, 2020
93' 38"

Seeing Through All Distinctions: A True Person of No Color, No Gender, No Rank

John Tarrant

Description

The true person has no rank, no color, no designations. The space and light of the universe are already in everything and everyone, beyond categories. Zen has no insiders, no outsiders.

Koans

Abiding Nowhere the Heart-Mind Comes Forth (MK65), Linji's True Person (MK38b)(BS38)

Tagged

Anna Swir, Covid pandemic, Du Fu, Garnette Cadogan, heartache, Li Bai, Linji, myriad things come forth, no rank, racism, seeing, true person, tumultuous times, Walking While Black

Summary

The true person has no rank, no color, no designations. The space and light of the universe are already in everything and everyone, beyond categories. Zen has no insiders, no outsiders.

The session includes John’s reading from Garrett Cadogan’s essay, “Walking While Black.”

Sunday Zen with John Tarrant & Friends on June 7th, 2020, one of the Green Glade of Meditation talks.