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Yunmen's Lion with Golden Hair (BCR39)
KOAN:
A student asked Yunmen, “What is the pure and everlasting body of reality?”
Yunmen said, “A fence of flowers and healing herbs.”
The student asked, “What’s it like when I reach there?”
Yunmen said, “Golden-haired lion!”
—Blue Cliff Record Case 39 (transl. by John Tarrant & Joan Sutherland)
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February 22, 2023
This Is the Treasure
Dharma talk given by John Tarrant on the last eve of Winter Sesshin 2023.
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June 29, 2021
The Lion with Golden Hair
The tip of each hair on the golden-haired lion is itself a whole world, an image of all the galaxies, all piled together. This lion is warm-hearted, delighted with everything, having a generally good time no matter what kind of time we’re having.
