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Yangshan's Sermon from the Third Seat (GG25)

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KOAN:

Yanghshan dreamed he went to Maitreya’s realm and was led to the third seat. A senior monk struck the stand with a gavel, and announced:
“Today, the one in the third seat will preach!”
Yanghshan arose, struck the stand with the gavel, and said,
“The truth of the dharma is transcendent, beyond words and thought.”

Yunmen’s comment: “Did he preach or not?”

—Gateless Gate, Case 25

Audio July 15, 2021

Summer Dreams – Maitreya’s Place

John Tarrant

Koans
Step by Step in the Dark (MK72), Yangshan's Sermon from the Third Seat (GG25)
Tags
dreams, July 11 2021, Robert Hopke's Synchronicity, summer dreams
Category
Audio

Summer is a time of dreams. Dreams, summertime, and koans have a lot in common. It is a time of permeability, to feel your way. Things that come out of the depths are what will get us through, but we can also have a strange resistance to them! The imagination is the bridge to the new. John shares Yangshan’s dream koan of being asked to teach from the third seat.

72' 8"