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

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Audio October 12, 2020

Fall Sesshin 2020: When You Stop Chasing About

John Tarrant

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Dragon Singing in a Withered Tree, Stop Chasing About, Where Will You Meet Today?

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PZI Zen Online Audio: Fall Sesshin – Evening dharma talk with John Tarrant. If you are chasing about, “Where will you meet today?” We forget we are free in every moment. The image of a withered tree. When we let everything come to rest, we hear the dragon murmurings. As recorded October 2 2020.

36' 45"