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What Does Essential Nature Look Like? (MK28)

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KOAN:

a. The leaves of the lotus are round, round, rounder than a mirror.

b. The thorn of the water nut is sharp, sharp, sharper than an awl.

c. When the wind blows, the down on the pussy willows floats away.

d. When the rain beats down on the pear blossoms, a butterfly flies up.

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 28 (Dahui)

Video July 15, 2022

Noticing What Is Sharp & What Is Round

David Weinstein

Koans
What Does Essential Nature Look Like? (MK28), Yunyan's Talking to a Rock
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2022 Summer Sesshin, Dogen, doing it wrong, Dongshan, hearing, interwoven, June 16 2022, mistakes, not interwoven, seeing, sharp and round, Shitou, video clip, Yunyan
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We are more interwoven when noticing and appreciating the particular qualities of things. When you see yourself in all things, you are seeing with your ears and hearing with your eyes. From a talk in PZI’s Summer Sesshin, June 16, 2022. 11 minutes.

11' 22"
Video July 14, 2022

Jiashan Meets the Boat Monk

David Weinstein

Koans
Jiashan Meets the Boat Monk, Shitou's Grass Hut, Taking Part in the Gathering, What Does Essential Nature Look Like? (MK28), What Is the Ultimate Nature of Reality?
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2022 Summer Sesshin, awakening, Boat Monk, Daowu, Decheng, interwoven, Jiashan, June 16 2022, not interwoven, sharp and round, Shitou, video clip, waking up together, Yunyan
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David tells the story of Jiashan’s awakening after being sent by Daowu to find the Boat Monk. From a talk given in Summer Sesshin, June 16, 2022.

27' 26"