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Hell in an SUV (MK26)

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KOAN:

What would you do if demons came out of hell in an SUV and asked you to ride with them?

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 26

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Dharma Theme August 1, 2023

Dharma Theme: Dealing with Demons

PZI Teachers

Koans
Hell in an SUV (MK26), Spoken by Demons, The Land of Demons (EV42)
Tags
crisis, demons, difficult times, exile, goblins, Guishan, Hakuin, Hell, home, initiation, Land of Demons, meeting difficulty, not knowing, rakshasas, welcome, Yangshan, Zhaozhou
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Dharma Theme, Text

If you’ve got demons, you’re alive! But you don’t have to get on board with them. Demons come out of your own heart, just like enlightenment.

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Audio September 23, 2021

More Spells for Passing Through Danger & Demons

John Tarrant

Koans
Guishan’s Zen (MK67), Hell in an SUV (MK26), Not Knowing Is Most Intimate (MK62)(BS20), The Land of Demons (EV42), What Is This? (BCR51)
Tags
2021, buddhas, demons, Dharani, kindness, poet John Keats, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, PZI Zen Online, September, spells for passing through danger & demons, writer James Hillman
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Audio, Text

Everyone is assailed by demons right now. Demons have a long history in the culture. If you’ve got demons, you’re alive! But you don’t have to get on board with them. Demons come out of your own heart, just like enlightenment. Tess Beasley reads from James Hillman’s “Dreams & the Blood Soul.” Michelle Riddle & Jon Joseph chant a Zen spell for dispelling demons, the Sho Sai Myo Kichijo Dharani. John reads Keats and Coleridge.

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