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Audio April 28, 2020

Talking About the Deepest Matters

John Tarrant

Koans
What Is This? (BCR51), Who Am I?
Tags
bodhidharma's teacher, enlightenment, Inquiry koans, Joan Sutherland, not knowing, prajnatara, reality, time, watou, Winter Sesshin 2020
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John Tarrant shares his interest in investigating reality through inquiry koans, koan types, the huatou of koans, stories, and more. As recorded in Winter Sesshin, January 14, 2020.

41' 46"
Audio February 12, 2020

Every Day Is a Good Day!

John Tarrant

Koans
Emperor Wu Questions Bodhidharma (BCR1)(BS2), What Is This? (BCR51), Yunmen's Day of the Full Moon (BCR6)
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Guishan, Hakuin, Inquiry koans, Swampy Cree Wishing Bone Cycle - Moonlight, what is this?, Winter Sesshin 2020, Yunmen
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Audio

The whole thing about Chan is that it’s an improvisational culture. Because we love it? No, because that’s what life is! That’s the good day. Not-knowing is intimately tied to the good day. It’s not an achievement—it’s the gift of the universe, and you are in the universe having received the gift. Poetry, dreams, Linji’s death, and more. As recorded in Winter Sesshin 2020.

50' 7"