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koans for hard times

Audio September 20, 2020

Hanging Lanterns: The Smallest Things & What Is Your light?

John Tarrant

Hanging the Lanterns at the Gates of the Autumn Temple: You have your own light. The life and hard times of an apple tree. Marking Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s passing. Music: Michael Wilding, Amaryllis Fletcher, Jordan Mc Connell. PZI Zen Online, as recorded Sept. 20, 2020.

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Text September 17, 2019

Hosting the Life You Have – Koans for Hard Times

John Tarrant

..one of the things we can be skeptical about is that division. This is meditation, this is not meditation, and the question is always, how do you know it’s not meditation? How do you know what’s happening now isn’t it?

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