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Zhaozhou's Beating Heart

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Yuanwu said, “If you can get to where you touch reality, you’ll see Zhaozhou’s naked beating heart in its entirety.”

Text November 23, 2022

A Blue Cliff Record Journey of Not Picking & Choosing

John Tarrant

Koans
Ghosts Howl and Spirits Wail (BCR 59), Not Picking & Choosing (BCR2), Silver Mountain and Iron Cliff (BCR 57), The Great Way Is Not Difficult (BCR2), Zhaozhou Can't Explain (BCR 58), Zhaozhou's Beating Heart, Zhaozhou's Idiot (BCR 57), Zhaozhou's Why Don't You Finish It? (BCR 59)
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2021 Summer Sesshin, Blue Cliff Record, guided meditation, having a practice, June 24 2021, not picking and choosing, PZI Online Temple, The Great Way, The Way, vessel, Xuedou, Yuanwu, Zhaozhou
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It’s remarkable that the Picking & Choosing koan appears four times in the Blue Cliff Record, which contains only one hundred cases. So, what to do with it? Whatever you see is going to be true, it’s going to belong to you.

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