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Baling's Snow in a Silver Bowl (MK74a)(BCR13)
KOAN:
A student asked Baling, “What is Chan?”
“A silver bowl filled with snow.”
—PZI Miscellaneous Koans Case 74a & Blue Cliff Record Case 13 (transl. by John Tarrant & Joan Sutherland)
Note: First of Baling Haojian’s Three Barriers, PZI MK Case 74
Musical Interlude – This Very Heart Mind
Michael Wilding offers his original musical response in the Meditation and Talk on January 31, 2021. Audio excerpt from the Sunday session, PZI Zen Online. 4 minutes.
Through Winter Silence: Dreaming the Koan – Snow in a Silver Bowl
Winter Sesshin: Through Winter Silence into the New Light – audio excerpt. David Parks recounts a personal dream encounter with “Snow in a silver bowl.” As recorded on January 16, 2021. 7 minutes.
Through Winter Silence: The Call of Your Own Life
Winter Sesshin: Through Winter Silence into the New Light – audio excerpt from Allison Atwill’s dharma talk, recorded January 16, 2021.
Through Winter Silence: This Is Happening
Winter Sesshin: Through Winter Silence into the New Light – audio excerpt from a dharma talk with Allison Atwill. The tale of a harrowing solo voyage around Cape Horn reminds us of our capacity to turn the boat toward the real. As recorded January 16, 2021.
Through Winter Silence: Who Was at the Helm?
Winter Sesshin: Through Winter Silence into the New Light. Audio excerpt from Allison Atwill’s dharma talk recorded on January 16th, 2021. Sarah Bender comments on a nightmarish moment in the tale of the round-the-world voyage of navigator John Slocum.
Through Winter Silence: Starting With Nothing
Winter Sesshin: Through Winter Silence into the New Light. Jon Joseph was moved to comment on Allison Atwill’s dharma talk, a both real and metaphorical voyage on the open sea. One sailor had never sailed before and had found a scrapped boat with which to enter this grueling race. Audio excerpt – recorded January 16, 2021.
Through Winter Silence: Solo Voyage to Tahiti or Not
Winter Sesshin: Through Winter Silence into the New Light. Allison Atwill takes us on a solo sailing journey—a metaphor for sesshin and our lives. Dharma talk recorded on January 17, 2021.
The Traveling Moon and the Cuckoo’s Call
Audio Excerpt: PZI Winter Sesshin: Jon Joseph reads poems and reminds us that even deep in jumbled mountains the cuckoo is calling us home. The cuckoo is the voice of the Dao. 2 minutes.
Through Winter Silence: Ancient Alchemy’s Recipes for Meditation
Winter Sesshin: Through Winter Silence into the New Light. Audio excerpt. Tess Beasley on the subject of transformation, as recorded on January 15th, 2021. 7 minutes.
Snow in a Silver Bowl
Allison Atwill, “Snow in a Silver Bowl,” 2009. Acrylic on paper with silver leaf, 16″ x 20″.