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Dharma Theme June 9, 2023

Dharma Theme: Fire – The Extremes of Climate Change

PZI Teachers

Koans
Dasui's Fire at the End of the Kalpa (BCR 29), Dongshan's Five Ranks (4th), Fire at the End of the Universe (BCR29), The Fire Across the River (MK2), What Is This? (BCR51)
Tags
anger, climate change, Dasui, Dharma Theme, Dongshan, Engakuji, fire, Heraclitus, Kalpa Fire, meeting difficulty, navigating change, passion, temple fire, transformation, universe
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Dharma Theme, Text

Our era is undoubtedly difficult, and even crazy. We are in an underworld time. We know that we’re cutting down ancient trees, burning fossil fuels, melting the sustaining ice, finding leaders who pretend that we have no part in the changes that overwhelm us. We are suffering from forces greater than us and also from ourselves; we too are forces beyond our control.

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Audio March 12, 2021

Beautiful Blossoms, Everything Changing: Unfavorable Winds Blew the Ship Off Course!

John Tarrant

Koans
The Land of Demons (EV42)
Tags
anger, Heart Sutra, poet John Tarrant, poet Lee Yan Lee, poet William Blake, PZI Zen Online, rakshasas, Ramana Maharshi
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Audio

We travel in the dark and find treasure—the hidden jewels of practice. The difficulty we would like to avoid is the gate. Sappho said, “Enter the way, enter here.” Meditation is the container, the alembic of change. Poems and music during meditation from Michael Wilding. Ryan McCoy sings the vows. PZI Zen Online, as recorded March 7, 2021.

71' 18"