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Dharma Theme March 29, 2023

Dharma Theme: Tea Ladies, Hermits, & Other Strange Teachers Along the Way

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An Australian Koan (MK41), Deshan Meets the Tea Lady (GG28), Hermit of Lotus Peak (BCR25), Jiashan Meets the Boat Monk, Say a Word of Zen (GG3)(BCR19)(BS84), The Woman at the Inn (MK32), Yu the Doughnut Maker (MK75), Zhaozhou and the Hermits (GG11)
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awakening, Deshan, doughnuts, encounters, Hakuin, heart-mind, hermits, Jiashan, lay people, Maralung, meetings, pilgrimage, song man, sudden awakening, tea lady, traveling, Zhaozhou
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To meet a Tea Lady was always a somewhat risky proposition. Usually, in koan-ville, an unsuspecting traveler hurrying on their way somewhere else—consumed with their own knowledge and problems— would encounter a tiny wayside establishment with a deeply mysterious proprietor on hand.

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