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Text November 26, 2022

Yuanwu & the Great Masters of the Blue Cliff

John Tarrant

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Little Jade (MK47), Mazu's Purpose of Your Life, Talking about the Deepest Matters, The Great Way Is Not Difficult (BCR2), What Is Buddha?, What Is It Like To Be You?
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Blue Cliff Record, Fall Sesshin 2021, Fayan, In the Palace at the Blue Cliff, Inquiry koans, Poet - Naomi Shihab Nye, poet Basho, poet George Bilgere, poet Tomas Transtromer, prajnatara, PZI Digital Temple, Wuzu, Yuanwu
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The subject is the Dharma, the deepest matters, our own true face. One way to look at these matters is through the Blue Cliff Record, a compilation of occasions for revealing who you are.

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Text November 23, 2022

A Blue Cliff Record Journey of Not Picking & Choosing

John Tarrant

Koans
Ghosts Howl and Spirits Wail (BCR 59), Not Picking & Choosing (BCR2), Silver Mountain and Iron Cliff (BCR 57), The Great Way Is Not Difficult (BCR2), Zhaozhou Can't Explain (BCR 58), Zhaozhou's Beating Heart, Zhaozhou's Idiot (BCR 57), Zhaozhou's Why Don't You Finish It? (BCR 59)
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Blue Cliff Record, guided meditation, having a practice, June 24 2021, not picking and choosing, PZI Digital Temple, Summer Sesshin 2021, The Great Way, The way, vessel, Xuedou, Yuanwu, Zhaozhou
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It’s remarkable that the Picking & Choosing koan appears four times in the Blue Cliff Record, which contains only one hundred cases. So, what to do with it? Whatever you see is going to be true, it’s going to belong to you.

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