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Yunyan's Talking to a Rock

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Yunyan asked a monk what he was doing.
“I’ve been talking to a rock.”
Yunyan said, “Did it nod to you? ”
When the monk didn’t reply, Yunyan said, “It nodded to you before you even said anything.”

—Record of Yunyan Tansheng

Video July 15, 2022

Noticing What Is Sharp & What Is Round

David Weinstein

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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"