A Matter of Special Worth

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Audio December 14, 2020

The Journey Into Awakening – The Most Marvelous Thing

John Tarrant

Koans
A Matter of Special Worth, Find Something That Is Not Medicine, Linji's Solitary Brightness (MK38c), Master Ma's Wild Duck (BCR53), The Mind is a Great Artist, What Is Your Light? (BCR86)
Tags
Avalokiteshvara Sutra, Baizhang, creative process, Dreams, imaginative response, Jim Harrison, meditation as art, Poem - Searching for the Dharma, Poet - Shu yin, practice

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.

55' 25"