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Dharma Theme August 2, 2023

Dharma Theme: Sickness and Medicine

PZI Teachers

Koans
Dongshan Sick (BS94), Yunmen’s Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other (BCR87)
Tags
body, chronic pain, Dongshan, sickness and medicine, surprises, transformation, unexpected help, Yunmen
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Dharma Theme, Text

Usually, casually, I think of myself as being well. When I am sick, wellness is the me I imagine I’ll get back to. I can’t always be sure what is healing and what is the opposite.

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Audio June 9, 2021

Put Out the Fire – A Panel on Koan Practice & Pain

Jon Joseph

Koans
Blue Dragon's Cave (BCR3), Linji's Take the Role of Host (MK38d), Loch Ness Monster (MK11), The Fire Across the River (MK2), Yunmen Reveals the Golden Wind (BCR27)
Tags
chronic pain, imaginative response, koan practice, pain, relationships
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Audio

Jon Joseph Roshi assembles a panel of four PZI meditators who have varied experiences of chronic and severe pain. Koan meditation has helped all of them find a way to allow in the pain—to not exclude it—and to see it as a profound teacher and ally. Recorded May 31, 2021.

52' 15"