Linji's Solitary Brightness (MK38c)
Stories from the interior – Solitude & Loneliness
Audio PZI Zen Online -Taking the role of the host everywhere & Abiding Nowhere guide Allison’s talk. Solitude as resting in vastness. Loneliness – you may even be in company, but something is missing. revisiting childhood’ solitude and the solitude of mountain trails. Abiding ‘somewhere’ keeps me out of vastness.
Australia Is Burning
John Tarrant introduces the Queensland Magpie singing fire sirens and walks us through the ancient forests he knew as a child. How do we live the life we live in the face of this vast change? What is this?
Australia is Burning- Audio Talk, Winter Sesshin 2020
John Tarrant introduces the Queensland Magpie singing fire sirens and walks us through the ancient forests he knew as a child. How do we live the life we live in the face of this vast change? What is this?
The Brightness of the Blockage
The experience of being blocked; a major or minor imprisonment and of help arriving from unexpected sources.
That Solitary Brightness is You
A discovery that all the Linji koans we are working with during the retreat are variants on: ‘There’s Nothing I Dislike’. They all appear from this core. The solitary brightness with no fixed shape or form is yours. If you ‘Only don’t object’, or exclude the reality, the brightness is there.
The Dark Closet
Allison Atwill at the 2016 summer sesshin.
Hoping for Enlightenment
Allison Atwill gives a talk at the 2016 Summer retreat.
Solitary Brightness Has No Fixed Shape or Form
John Tarrant gives a talk on Thursday evening of the summer retreat. 2016.