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Dharma Theme May 12, 2023

Dharma Theme: Animal Teachers

PZI Teachers

Koans
Zhaozhou's No (GG1)(BS18), Zhaozhou’s Dog (GG1)(BS18)
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animals, birds, Blue Dragon’s Cave, buffalo, butterfly, dogs, dolphin, donkey, elephant, fox, goose, lion, monkey, ox, Oxherding Pictures, rhinoceros, tiger, Tyger, Zhuangzi
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Dharma Theme, Text

Animals give us the gifts of their living presence, and we feel the profound effect they have on our lives. Animals surprise and enlarge us. We become the animal we are seeing, and that is a primary Zen move. The way we become the world that we are part of, is a profound part of Zen.

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Audio September 30, 2021

Animal Heart Mind

John Tarrant

Koans
Dolphins (MK10), The Great Koan NO (GG1) (BS18), What Is It Like to Have a Self?
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animals, haiku, poet Christopher Smart, poet Walt Whitman, poetry, September 26 2021, the visible and invisible companionship of animals
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With all the crises of our time lined up, like a caravan demanding our attention, what if the moments of beauty, friendship and peace are the real, important moments? Animal koans are really about you, and the question, What is it like to have a self? Poem and haiku readings from John, Issa, William Merwynn, Walt Whitman, Christopher Smart, & PZI friends Jeanne Foster and Adam Walsh. Music from Jordan McConnell.

63' 43"