Deshan's Enlightenment (GG28)

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Audio November 18, 2020

The Journey Into Awakening – Peach Trees Without Words Make a Path

John Tarrant

Koans
Deshan's Enlightenment (GG28), Peach Trees Without Words Make a Path
Tags
Book of Serenity, commentaries, Deshan, Diamond Sutra, dragon pool, poet Czesław Miłosz, the journey
Category
Audio

PZI Zen Online: John Tarrant on the Journey into Awakening in zen, in our lives, and how it purifies. Deshan’s cart full of Diamond Sutra commentaries and our own strategies of resistance. Music from Jesse Cardin, Amaryllis Fletcher, Jordan McConnell. As recorded Nov. 15 2020.

64' 20"
Audio April 24, 2020

Deshan Redreamed

Jesse Cardin

Koans
Deshan's Enlightenment (GG28), Renowned Far & Wide
Tags
covid 19, denial, departure, Diamond Sutra, disruption, enlightenment, hero's journey, the tea shop lady
Category
Audio

PZI Zen Online Audio: Jesse reimagines Deshan’s classic enlightenment story. Some of the essential features of the journey of awakening, how we make koans our own, and the role that imagination plays in Zen. As recorded April 22 2020.

85' 51"