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Ikkyu's Well (MK22)

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KOAN:

In a well that was never dug
water ripples from a spring that doesn’t flow.
Someone with no shadow or form
is drawing the water.

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 22 (from a poem by Ikkyu)

Audio November 1, 2021

Fall Sesshin 2021: Ikkyu’s Well & The Miscellaneous Koans

John Tarrant

Koans
Heart Sutra, Ikkyu's Well (MK22)
Tags
2021 Fall Sesshin, metamorphosis, poet Ikkyu, The Dao, vastness, water
Category
Audio

John Tarrant talks about Ikkyu’s “no shadow or form” in his evening dharma talk in Day 2 of Fall Sesshin. Amanda Boughton sings the 4 Boundless vows. As recorded Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

49' 9"
Audio July 21, 2020

Green Glade: Held by Emptiness

John Tarrant

Koans
Bodhidharma's Vast Emptiness (BCR1)(BS2), Buddha Has No Country (BS68), Emperor Wu Questions Bodhidharma (BCR1)(BS2), Ikkyu's Well (MK22)
Tags
Bodhidharma, Duke Zhi, emptiness, July 19 2020, Mazu, poet Machado, poet Takahashi, Shishuang, the valley spirit never dies, the wind blows hard through the pines, well
Category
Audio

Green Glade of Meditation: There is a framework in our practice for relying on emptiness and freedom, not holding pre-set views. Blessing things beyond approval and disapproval. I am you = emptiness. In Zen we shift to “before” the demons grabbed our ankles. You can’t rely on what you believe. We accord with the Dao, we can’t fall out of the dream. PZI Zen online, as recorded July 19, 2020.

94' 45"