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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
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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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