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July 16, 2020
Opening the Last Session in the Blue Dragon’s Cave – Sunday
Audio: Tess & John open the final session of sesshin. Remarkable magic of incense in the ether!
Featured Koan: The Land of Demons
A great minister asked, "I've been reading the sutras—what is meant by, 'A fierce wind has blown the ship off course, setting it drifting toward the land of the Rakshasas'?"
The teacher responded, "Why ask something like that?"
The great minister's face went pale with that response.
And the teacher repeated, "A fierce wind has blown the ship off course, setting it drifting toward the land of the Rakshasas!"
The minister understood.
—Entangling Vines Case 42