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Baling's Snow in a Silver Bowl (MK74a)

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KOAN:

Someone asked Baling, “What is Chan?”
“A silver bowl filled with snow.”

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 74a

(from Baling Haojian’s Three Barriers)

Text August 6, 2020

Class 5 Transcript: Bright Gates

John Tarrant

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Baling's Snow in a Silver Bowl (MK74a), Linji's Solitary Brightness (MK38c), Linji's True Person (MK38b)(BS38), This Very Heart-Mind Is Buddha, Your Original Face before Your Parents Were Born (GG23), Yunmen's Day of the Full Moon (BCR6), Yunmen's Golden-haired Lion (BCR39)
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dharmakaya koans, July 11 2020
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Class 5 Series 2: Bright Gates. Transcript of complete session recorded July 11 2020. Please do not share, this is core curriculum.

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Text July 12, 2020

Class 5 Curriculum Notes: The Bright Gate Koan Types

John Tarrant

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Baling's Snow in a Silver Bowl (MK74a), This Very Heart-Mind Is Buddha, Your Original Face before Your Parents Were Born (GG23), Yunmen's Good Day (BCR6)
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Class 5 Bright Gates. John Tarrant: Winter Proper – These are often the first koans people work with and throw themselves into. 
While they are often used as initial koans, they are not inquiry koans. 

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