Featured Koan: Zhaozhou's Great Way Is Not Difficult - Blue Cliff Record Case 2

Xiangyan was once asked by a monastic, "What is the Way?"
Xiangyan said, "A dragon singing in a withered tree."
The monastic said, "What does it mean?"
Xiangyan said, "Eyeballs in a skull."
Later, another monastic asked Shishuang Chuyuan, "What is a dragon singing in a dead tree?"
Shishuang said, "It still has joy."

—Xuedou's verse commentary on Blue Cliff Record Case 2

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Audio July 19, 2021

All Through the Body – Your Unique Recipe for Awakening

Allison Atwill

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Yunyan Asks Daowu About Hands and Eyes (BCR89)

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awakening, Bodhisattva of Compassion, June 26 2021, painting, Summer Sesshin 2021

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We are exhausted by our own agendas – In Chan 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.

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Misc September 30, 2020

Artwork: Save a Ghost!

Michael Hofmann

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PZI Zen – Save a Ghost! is the title. Acrylic painting on canvas by Michael Hofmann.

Misc September 29, 2020

Painting – Deep in Jumbled Mountains

Corey Hitchcock

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Dongshan's Voice of the Cuckoo (MK52)

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art, landscape, painting

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Painting – Deep in Jumbled Mountains – August 2020, Corey Hitchcock. Mixed media on paper – 47″x27.5″