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Bodhidharma Comes and Goes (MK43)

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KOAN:

a. Bodhidharma was last seen heading back to India, wearing one sandal. Why did he return to India?

b. Someone comes to you in a dream and asks you why Bodhidharma came from the West. If you don’t answer, you fail your responsibility. What will you say?

c. Bodhidharma’s relics are in front of the gate. Go get them and bring them here.

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 43

Video November 14, 2023

Why Did Bodhidharma …?

Jesse Cardin

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Bodhidharma and the Buddha-Heart Emperor and the Magical Duke (BCR1)(BS2), Bodhidharma Comes and Goes (MK43), Dongshan’s Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Dongshan’s Three Paths, Emperor Wu Questions Bodhidharma (BCR1)(BS2), Longya's Why Bodhidharma Came from the West (BCR20), Mahasattva Fu Explains Things to Emperor Wu (BCR67), Xianglin's Why Bodhidharma Came from the West (BCR17)
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Big questions, Bodhidharma, October 29 2023, Sunday Talks, Sunday Zen, why?
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What is the heart of any big question? We are swimming in a sea of uncertainty and the mind wants to fill in the blanks. Yet our questions are much smaller than what’s on offer, what’s possible as an answer—the whole universe might be doing something through me.

60' 4"
Video January 9, 2020

Bodhidharma’s Enlightenment

David Weinstein

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Bodhidharma Comes and Goes (MK43)
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2019 Fall Sesshin, Bodhidharma, Book of Serenity, Miscellaneous Koan, no merit whatsoever
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“No merit whatsoever!” Bodhidharma responds to Emperor Wu in Case 2, in the Book of Serenity. David follows Bodhidharma’s path, and the process of practice.

55' 17"