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Text September 23, 2021

Awakenings of Linji & the Great Chan Teachers

John Tarrant

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Linji's True Person (MK38b)(BS38), Step by Step in the Dark (MK72)
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2019 Fall Sesshin, awakening, Huangbo, Linji, Muzhou (Mujo), path, pentimento, trust, Yunmen
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John revisits the awakenings and koans of the great teachers, among them Yunmen and Linji. The love, and attention, and faithfulness at the heart of the stories and teachings of the Chan ancestors is their gift to us. And everything we bring to it is an addition into this great heritage, and is part of the layering. Transcript from a video talk in Fall Sesshin 2019.

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