Deshan's Enlightenment (GG28)

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Audio March 8, 2021

Beautiful Blossoms, Everything Changing: Refuge & the Bodhisattva Path

John Tarrant

Koans
Deshan's Enlightenment (GG28), Whatever Confronts You Trust the Light Within (Linji)
Tags
bodhisattava path, Deshan, Diamond Sutra, dragon pool, Linji, Mystery School, Poet- John Tarrant, PZI Zen Online, refuge, risk, Tea Lady, uncertainty, Xuedou
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Deshan is determined to prove his scholarly certainty. He encounters two teachers who help him see the light. John talks about refuge; What is it? Why take refuge? What is the rakusu? PZI’s approach – working with refuge vows as koans. Zen ultimately rests in mystery and uncertainty. Linji says, “Have confidence in the light always working inside you.” Music with Jordan McConnell. As recorded Feb. 28th, 2021.

73' 21"
Audio November 18, 2020

The Journey Into Awakening – Peach Trees Without Words Make a Path

John Tarrant

Koans
Deshan's Enlightenment (GG28), Peach Trees Without Words Make a Path
Tags
Book of Serenity, commentaries, Deshan, Diamond Sutra, dragon pool, poet Czesław Miłosz, the journey
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PZI Zen Online: John Tarrant on the Journey into Awakening in zen, in our lives, and how it purifies. Deshan’s cart full of Diamond Sutra commentaries and our own strategies of resistance. Music from Jesse Cardin, Amaryllis Fletcher, Jordan McConnell. As recorded Nov. 15 2020.

64' 20"
Audio April 24, 2020

Deshan Redreamed

Jesse Cardin

Koans
Deshan's Enlightenment (GG28), Renowned Far & Wide
Tags
covid 19, denial, departure, Diamond Sutra, disruption, enlightenment, hero's journey, the tea shop lady
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Audio

Jesse reimagines Deshan’s classic enlightenment story. He looks at some of the essential features of the journey of awakening, how we make koans our own, and the role that imagination plays in Zen. PZI Zen Online. Audio as recorded April 22, 2020.

85' 51"