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Say Something in Response (BCR14)

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KOAN:

A student asked Yunmen, “What is the teaching that lasts a lifetime?”
Yunmen said, “Say something in response.”

also:

A student asked Yunmen, “Would you summarize the Buddha’s teachings?”
Yunmen said, “Say something in response.”

—Blue Cliff Record, Case 14

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Dharma Theme October 24, 2022

Dharma Theme: Door After Door Opening Inside, Fall Sesshin 2022

John Tarrant, PZI Cantor & Musicians, PZI Teachers

Koans
Baling's Falling into a Well (MK74b), Jiashan's State of Mind (EV99), Just This Is It, Say a Word of Zen (GG3) (BS84), Say Something in Response (BCR14), Zhaozhou's No (GG1)(BS18)
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Door After Door Opening inside, Fall Sesshin 2022, October 4-9 2022
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Dharma Theme, Text

A complete audio record of talks from PZI’s Live-Online Fall Sesshin 2022, October 4-9, 2022.

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Text July 7, 2020

Class 6 Curriculum Notes: Vast Emptiness – Call & Response Koans

John Tarrant

Koans
A Donkey Sees a Well (BS52), Dongshan Sick (BS94), Dongshan's Each Stitch, Emperor Wu Questions Bodhidharma (BCR1)(BS2), Guishan's No Foundation to Rely On (BS37), Huanglong Huinan's Three Turning Words (MK16)(GG49)(EV10), Linji's Take the Role of Host (MK38d), Say Something in Response (BCR14), Someone with No Shadow or Form Is Drawing the Water
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Class 6 Curriculum Notes: Vast Emptiness – Call & Response Koans. Please do not share, this is core curriculum. July 25 2020.

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