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Audio August 8, 2020

Machado Poem: Traveler There is No Road – Eduardo Fuentes & John Tarrant Roshi Read

Eduardo Fuentes, John Tarrant

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emptiness, July 19 2020, Poet - Machado

Audio Excerpt: from Zen Online Green Glade of Meditation with John Tarrant. Eduardo Fuentes reads a Machado poem in Spanish, “Traveler, There is No Road” from his home in Santiago, Chile. John Tarrant reads the Machado poem in English, and Eduardo reads it again in Spanish. As recorded Sunday, July 19 2020.

2' 15"
Text August 6, 2020

Knock on Any Door – Daoist Masters & Zen Koans

John Tarrant

Koans
Abiding Nowhere the Mind Comes Forth (MK65b), Bankei's Miracle, Dragon Singing in a Dead Tree, Huineng's Original Face (GG23), Knock On Any Door (Preface to BCR), Stone Hitting Bamboo, Vast Emptiness Nothing Holy (BCR1)(BS2)
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Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, buddha nature, Daoism, Diamond Sutra, Du Fu, emptiness, No trace, not knowing, Out of nowhere, Summer 2019 Sesshin

So, whatever your condition is, you can see the “I have joy.” Out of that emptiness, out of what seems unpromising—the dark material, the valley spirit, the enigma, out of the mystery, out of what I don’t understand—it just appears. The joy just appears.

3035 Words
Audio July 21, 2020

Held by Emptiness

John Tarrant

Koans
Buddha Has No Country, Ikkyu's Well (MK22), Vast Emptiness Nothing Holy (BCR1)(BS2)
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Bodhidharma, Duke Jhi, emptiness, July 19 2020, Mazu, Poet - Machado, Poet -Takahashi, Shishan, The Valley Spirit Never Dies, the wind blows hard through the pines, well

Audio: PZI Zen online – A framework in our practice for relying on emptiness & freedom. Not holding preset views. Blessing things beyond approval and disapproval. I am you = emptiness. In Zen we shift to ‘before’ the demons grabbed our ankles. You can’t rely on what you believe. We ‘accord’ with the Dao. We can’t fall out of the dream. As recorded July 19 2020

94' 45"