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The Dao Is in the Ant

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Zhuangzi said, “The Dao is in the ant, in the potsherd, in the shit and the piss.”

—The Zhuangzi

Audio March 13, 2023

Everywhere – It’s Everywhere You Look

John Tarrant

Koans
Emperor Wu Questions Bodhidharma (BCR1)(BS2), The Dao Is in the Ant, What Is Buddha?, What Is It? (BCR51), What Is This? (BCR51)
Tags
Bodhidharma, even in the piss and shit, Everywhere, february 26 2023, great knowledge, here, poet Du Fu, poet W. H. Auden, Sunday Zen, the dao, unaccountable happinesses, Zhuangzi
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Audio

“Feeling the time,” is a line from the poet Du Fu—the time is always with us. And it’s always too early to despair. We’re just here. Not wanting anything to be different. Objections are full of knowing! You step out of the way you are perceiving the world, the dream of who you are, you turn the light backward. Recorded February 26, 2023.

63' 5"