The Fire Across the River (MK2)

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KOAN:

Put out the fire across the river.

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 2

Audio June 9, 2021

Put Out the Fire – A Panel on Koan Practice & Pain

Jon Joseph

Koans

Blue Dragon's Cave (BCR3), Linji's Take the Role of Host (MK38d), Loch Ness Monster (MK11), The Fire Across the River (MK2), Yunmen Reveals the Golden Wind (BCR27)

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Audio

Jon Joseph Roshi assembles a panel of four PZI meditators who have varied experiences of chronic and severe pain. Koan meditation has helped all of them find a way to allow in the pain—to not exclude it—and to see it as a profound teacher and ally. Recorded May 31, 2021.

52' 15"

Audio March 2, 2021

Meditation: Put Out That Fire across the River

Jesse Cardin

Koans

The Fire Across the River (MK2)