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Dharma Theme June 9, 2023

Dharma Theme: Where Do We Go When We Die?

PZI Teachers

Koans

Doushuai’s Third Barrier (MK73c), Doushuai’s Three Barriers (MK73) (GG47), Huineng's Original Face (GG23), Luopu About To Die (BS41), Mazu's Purpose of Your Life, The Valley Spirit Never Dies (DDJ6), Where Do You Go When You Die?, Your Original Face before Your Parents Were Born (GG23)

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Dharma Theme, Text

Questions about death and the after-death are a part of the traditional Chan koan curriculum. Dignified by their antiquity, they are the primordial instance of that which cannot be negotiated with.

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Misc November 27, 2017

PZI Art Card #7: After You Have Died…

Pacific Zen Institute

Koans

Doushuai’s Third Barrier (MK73c)