Audio Files
June 3, 2020
84' 45"

Before the Names of Sages & Emperors, Welcome!

Jon Joseph

Description

There is also beauty in the odd experience of lockdown, economic hardship ,and all of it. Koans touch on our innate knowledge before our parents were born.

Koans

Dongshan's Five Ranks (3rd), Zhaozhou’s Greatest Way Isn't Difficult (BCR2)

Tagged

Covid pandemic, koan practice, times of great difficulty, welcoming what's here, Zen method

Summary

Jon Joseph begins with Dongshan’s 3rd Rank and ends with Zhouzhou’s “Welcome!”

There is also beauty in the odd experience of lockdown, economic hardship ,and all of it. Koans touch on our innate knowledge before our parents were born.

Dharma talk from Jon Joseph in Monday Zen on June 1st, 2020