Linji's Blockhead
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July 20, 2017
Linji’s Blockhead
John Tarrant presenting at Summer Sesshin 2010 on “Linji’s Blockhead.”
Featured: Entangling Vines Case 99 - Jiashan's State of Mind
A student asked Jiashan, “What is Jiashan’s state of mind?”
Jiashan answered, “Monkeys, clasping their young to their breasts, return beyond the green peaks: a bird with a flower in its beak alights before the blue cliff.”
—Entangling Vines, Case 99