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Dharma Theme March 29, 2023

Dharma Theme: Not Getting It – Doing It Wrong

PZI Teachers

Koans
Bodhidharma's Vast Emptiness (BCR1)(BS2), Dahui's Great Doubt, Fayan's Students Roll Up the Blinds (GG26), Shoushan's Three Phrase BS76
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Bodhidharma, Dahui, Dharma Theme, doing it wrong, Fayan, getting it wrong, getting lost, great doubt, not getting it, not having the wrong life, not knowing, scorn
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Dharma Theme, Text

The Zen approach is not about avoiding mistakes but bringing them to the path. Making a mistake opens the tenderness in us and can be more helpful than not making one. Then, the mistakes are not mistakes.

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Text September 11, 2020

The Journey, the Reaching, & Luopu’s Last Words

John Tarrant

Koans
Luopu About To Die (BS41), The Green Mountain Walks About (BS41), Your Original Face before Your Parents Were Born (GG23)
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2019 Fall Sesshin, boat of compassion, Book of Serenity, direct realization, Green Mountain, heart sutra, hiding the loot in your pocket, Luopu, not getting it, not knowing, outside the teaching, Yakong
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There was a teacher called Luopu, a Chinese teacher, and he said this interesting thing. He said, “You have to directly realize the source outside of the teachings.” That’s the whole thing about it. That’s Bodhidharma’s thing, the direct realization outside of scriptures. The scriptures are nice and the teachings are nice, but really, the direct understanding—the direct meeting with life—the direct meeting with awakening is the thing.

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