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Dharma Theme November 4, 2021

Dharma Theme: Zen Luminaries, A Series of Conversations with Jon Joseph Roshi

Jon Joseph

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Huineng's No North and South, The Coin Lost in the River (MK64)
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Bill Porter, Bodhidharma, Chan History, Chan Poetry, David Hinton, Diamond Sutra, Entangling Vines, GuoGo, heart sutra, huineng, Joan Sutherland, Linji, Mazu, Peter Hershock, Poet - Jane Hirshfield, Poet - Naomi Shihab Nye, PZI Zen Online, Record of Linji, Red Pine, Thomas Kirchner, Zen Luminaries
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Modern Zen Luminaries: A series of Zen Buddhist scholars, writers, poets, translators, and practitioners join PZI’s Jon Joseph Roshi for lively discussions online, with a focus on our Chan lineage. Includes all recordings beginning with the series’ launch in September 2021.

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Text August 6, 2020

Knock on Any Door – Daoist Masters & Zen Koans

John Tarrant

Koans
Abiding Nowhere the Heart-Mind Comes Forth (MK65b), Bankei's Miracle, Dragon Singing in a Withered Tree, Huineng's Original Face (GG23), Knock on Any Door (BCR), Nothing Holy (BCR1)(BS2), Stone Hitting Bamboo, Vast Emptiness
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Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, buddha nature, Daoism, Diamond Sutra, Du Fu, emptiness, no trace, not knowing, out of nowhere, Summer 2019 sesshin
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Whatever your condition is, you can see the “I have joy.” Out of that emptiness, out of what seems unpromising—the dark material, the valley spirit, the enigma, out of the mystery, out of what I don’t understand—it just appears. The joy just appears.

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