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Video July 29, 2022

Forms of Awakening

John Tarrant

Koans
Deshan's Enlightenment (GG28), How Do You Cross a Stream?, Taking Part in the Gathering
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Kensho is a real thing—and you can’t pin it down. Awakening takes many and varied forms. Long to really understand reality, and have the joy of that. From a talk given during Summer Sesshin on June 17, 2022. 12 minutes.

12' 7"
Video July 12, 2022

Decorating My Idea of Myself

John Tarrant

Koans
Abiding Nowhere the Heart-Mind Comes Forth (MK65b), Hakuin's Praise Song for Meditation
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2022 Summer Sesshin, being in the life you have, buddha nature, crimes wiped away, Diamond Sutra, Hakuin, Huineng, June 14 2022, Mazu, reaching, samadhi, the self, video clip
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No being has ever fallen out of the samadhi of Buddha nature. Being in the life you have is your samadhi. Recorded at Summer Sesshin on June 14, 2022. 4 minutes.

4' 3"
Audio July 29, 2020

Girl Power! To Wake or Not Wake A Girl From Samadhi

Sarah Bender

Koans
A Woman Comes Out of Meditation (GG42)
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always I carry light and silence, Manjushri, Mazu, Momiyo, poet Anna Swir, samadhi, Shakyamuni, waking
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Audio PZI Zen Online: Sarah Bender Roshi unfolds a beautiful guided koan meditation from GGcase 42. Who is this mysterious girl who keeps company with Shakyamuni? She who can not be wakened except by ‘Delusive Wisdom’ or Momiyo from the underworld? When did she arrive? In moments of separation what wakes us? What is this insistence that wakes us? Waking or not waking it is all ‘an elegant performance!’ As recorded July 8 2020

92' 59"