Featured Koan: Zhaozhou's Great Way Is Not Difficult - Blue Cliff Record Case 2

Xiangyan was once asked by a monastic, "What is the Way?"
Xiangyan said, "A dragon singing in a withered tree."

The monastic asked Caoshan, "Who can hear this?"
Caoshan said, "In the whole world, there is no one who does not hear it."

—from Xuedou's verse commentary on Blue Cliff Record Case 2

The Great Way

cause and effect

Baizhang’s Fox

Allison Atwill

Koans

Baizhang's Fox (GG2) (BS8)

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2011, 2011 Summer Sesshin, cause and effect

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Video

Art Sensei Allison Atwill presents on the creation of her painting “Baizhang’s Fox”. This is an ancient koan which asks the listener, “Does an enlightened person fall under the law of cause and effect?” Allison describes how a koan chooses her and appears in her dreams and waking life. Each aspect of the koan comes to life on the canvas. June 22, 2011.

46' 22"

Misc December 17, 2017