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Linji's True Place (MK38d)

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KOAN:

Wherever you are, just take the role of host, and that place will be a true place.

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 38d (Record of Linji)

Audio May 20, 2020

Stories from the Interior – Solitude & Loneliness

Allison Atwill

Koans
Abiding Nowhere the Heart-Mind Comes Forth (MK65b), Linji's Solitary Brightness (MK38c), Linji's True Place (MK38d)
Tags
brightness, covid 19, isolation, Linji, loneliness, May 19 2020, PZI Zen Online, solitude
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Audio

Solitude as resting in vastness: taking the role of host everywhere and abiding nowhere. Loneliness—you may even be in the company of others, but something is missing. Allison revisits childhood’s solitude and the solitude of mountain trails. Abiding “somewhere” keeps us out of vastness.

83' 35"