A Matter of Special Worth
KOAN:
What is a matter of special worth?
Sitting alone on Mt. Courage peak. – Baizhang
Moments that Last a Lifetime – Friendship
PZI Zen Online: On friendship. Moments of intimacy that last forever. Savoring Vermeer’s paintings of domestic life. Poems by Marie Howe, Symborska. How we interact with friends, from the heart. We don’t have to be anything other than what we are. As recorded Sunday Jan 24 2021.
Friends & Friendship – Things of Special Wonder
PZI Zen Online: On friendship with the world—koans, trees, people. How we interact with friends, from the heart. They listen and we don’t have to make them anything other than what they are. Stories of Mr. Woods and other friends, making a friend of your koan in practice. As recorded Sunday Jan 24 2021. 7 minutes.
Friends Listen
PZI Zen Online: On friendship. As recorded Sunday Jan 24 2021. 12 minutes.
Friendship: A Thing of Special Wonder
On encouraging friendship with the world—koans, trees, people. How we interact with friends, from the heart. We listen to each other. We don’t have to make them anything other than what they are. Poems, stories, comments. Complete session as recorded Jan 24 2021, PZI Zen Online.
The Journey Into Awakening – The Most Marvelous Thing
PZI Zen Online: The Journey into Awakening. A student asks Baizhang, “What is the most marvelous thing—a matter of special worth?” He answers, “Sitting alone on Mt. Courage Peak.” Our internal vastness is always there. The importance of an imaginative response to any time of change. The wisdom of an indigenous storyteller who embodies a much longer timeline of radical earth changes. The freedom of not being you. Dec 13 2020. Music posted separately.