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Dharma Theme November 4, 2021

Dharma Theme: Zen Luminaries, A Series of Conversations with Jon Joseph Roshi

Jon Joseph

Koans
Huineng's No North & South (GG23), The Coin Lost in the River (MK64)
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Bill Porter, Bodhidharma, Chan History, Chan Poetry, David Hinton, Diamond Sutra, Earthlyn Manuel, Entangling Vines, GuoGo, heart sutra, huineng, Joan Sutherland, Linji, Mazu, Peter Hershock, Poet - Jane Hirshfield, Poet - Naomi Shihab Nye, PZI Zen Online, Record of Linji, Red Pine, Thomas Kirchner, Zen Luminaries
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Dharma Theme, Text

Modern Zen Luminaries: A series of Zen Buddhist scholars, writers, poets, translators, and practitioners join PZI’s Jon Joseph Roshi for lively discussions online, with a focus on our Chan lineage. Includes all recordings beginning with the series’ launch in September 2021.

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Audio May 11, 2021

Free & Easy Wandering Series: Day of the Mothers – Jiashan’s State of Mind

John Tarrant

Koans
Jiashan's State of Mind (EV99), Your Mother Is Ugly!
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benevolence and filial piety, Blue Cliff, Entangling Vines, Jiashan, Mother, Poet - Billy Collins, valley spirit
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Audio

A Mothers’ Day salute to the great mother in all her forms, the Valley Spirit—and to our own mysterious mothers. Wandering free and easy, without judgments or interruptions, the space inside everything is a kind of light that gradually becomes visible. Includes music for meditation from Jordan McConnell. 28-minute excerpt from Sunday talk, as recorded May 9, 2021. PZI Zen Online.

28' 30"
Text July 31, 2020

Disorderly Karmic Consciousness

John Tarrant

Koans
Yangshan's Mind and Environment (BS32)
Tags
Book of Equanimity, disorderly karmic consciousness, Entangling Vines, Guishan, I won't say, Nothing to hide, nothing to rely on, orange blossoms, two heaps of ashes, Yangshan
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We stop relying on the worry—on knowing who we are, on sorrow, on anxiety, on “if only I could get something.” Or get through this time. We stop relying on those things, and start relying on being here. A koan is something to put in your mind so that you have that there. So instead of Fox News or “Oh my god I’m afraid,” or “I’m sick of being confined”—gradually freedom starts to appear by itself.

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