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Yunmen's Golden-haired Lion (BCR39)
KOAN:
A student asked Yunmen, “What is the pure and everlasting body of reality?”
Yunmen said, “A fence of flowers and healing herbs.”
The student asked, “What’s it like when I reach there?”
Yunmen said, “Golden-haired lion!”
—The Blue Cliff Record, Case 39
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September 20, 2022
The Lion with the Golden Hair
The tip of each hair on the golden-haired lion is itself a whole world, an image of all the galaxies, all piled together. This lion is warm-hearted, delighted with everything, having a generally good time no matter what kind of time we’re having.
Audio
June 29, 2021
Video
June 2, 2019
A Tiger Loose in the Mountains
John Tarrant gives a talk in October 2015.
Video
June 30, 2017
Upside Down Lists
Rachel Boughton talks about the lists of our lives at the Santa Rosa Creek Zendo, July 20th 2015.