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Sutra of Complete Enlightenment (BS45)

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KOAN:

Don’t give rise to delusive thoughts.
When delusive thoughts do arise, don’t try to get rid of them.
When you find yourself in a realm of delusive thought, don’t add explanation to knowledge.

—Book of Serenity, Case 45

Audio June 15, 2020

The Everlasting Body Runs Deepest Indigo – Meditation for Troubled Times

John Tarrant

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Dalong's Pure Everlasting Body (BCR82), Hakuin's Praise Song for Meditation, Sutra of Complete Enlightenment (BS45), The Valley Streams Run Deepest Indigo
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Book of Serenity, Covid, Dalong (Ta Lung), delusive thinking, demonstrations, friendship, June 14 2020, Land of Demons, off course, poet Czesław Miłosz, poet Du Fu, poet Li Bai, poet Rilke, rakshasas, tumultuous times, writer Primo Levi
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We are in the midst of great civil unrest around racism and the institutions that support it. Li Bai, Du Fu, Dalong & Primo Levi speak about what remains, what lives, what holds us in the universe—even as we feel most perishable, sad, defeated. The light is still there in all things, even without a foundation to stand on. As recorded June 14, 2020.

96' 32"