June 26 2021

David Weinstein sends sesshin participants off for the evening, with some words about how things are shared and handed on. 7 minutes.

We are exhausted by our own agendas; in Chan and Zen the Bodhisattva of Great Mercy vows to stay until all beings are awakened. Her primary bond is with uncertainty. Your recipe for awakening is only for you.

Music during meditation: Michael Wilding plays an original composition on flute. Recorded during Summer Sesshin.

Tess Beasley “Opens the mouth of the dead,”— a quote from Carl Jung—and contemplates the big questions at the heart of Zen, like,”‘Who am I?” and “What is the Way?” through the turning words of Zen masters that were handed down at the Blue Cliff.