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Audio September 13, 2021

Finding the Self, Forgetting the Self – Drifting Toward the Land of the Rakshasas

John Tarrant

Koans
The Land of Demons (EV42), The War (MK25), Yunmen Has a Light (BCR86)
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demons, difficult times, End of Summer Dreams, kindness, Poet - Tony Hoagland, rakshasas, September 5 2021, Spells, sunday talk
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We’re in a time that is difficult, but it is our time—and difficulty is not the only thing going on. Creativity is also present, but it is easy to be crazy right now. The old masters understood this situation. September 5, 2021.

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Text August 25, 2020

Hosting the Life You Have

John Tarrant

Koans
Linji's Take the Role of Host (MK38d), Sixteen Bodhisattvas Take a Bath (BCR78), Times of Great Difficulty
Tags
2016 Summer retreat, Basho, Linji, Poet - Tony Hoagland, poet Anna Swir, strawberry parable, Zhaozhou
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Rilke said, “Life is always right.” Whatever I think about that saying, this is the life I have, and I can’t have another life. And really, fundamentally I don’t want another one, because this one is so rich and compelling, no matter what’s going down right now.

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