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October 5 2022

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Text June 28, 2023

Falling Into the Well of Sesshin

John Tarrant

Koans
Baling's Falling into a Well (MK74b), Jiashan Meets the Boat Monk, Jiashan's State of Mind (EV99), Knock on Any Door (BCR), Teaching That Lasts a Lifetime (BCR14)
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awakening, Boat Monk, body of reality, Daowu, dharmakaya, Fall Sesshin 2022, falling, Jiashan, leaving, October 5 2022, teacher and student, traveler, Yaoshan, Yunmen
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The nice thing about falling is it’s already happened, you know? It started already; there’s not much you can do about it. So you’re kind of free, in a way. It’s sort of like being condemned: Knowing you’ll die tomorrow—well, you can do anything you want tonight.

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Audio October 24, 2022

Fall Sesshin 2022: Allowing the Fall

Allison Atwill

Koans
Baling's Falling into a Well (MK74b)
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Baling, Fall Sesshin 2022, falling, October 5 2022, PZI Online Temple
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On entering a great sesshin, what is the tone? A quiet, receptive sense of modesty and humility, a humility of the earth, fallen into like Psyche into the underworld. Allowing the fall and encountering whatever appears, whatever one meets, is essential. Complete sesshin from October 5, 2022.

36' 30"