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Dharma Theme May 12, 2023

Dharma Theme: Animal Teachers

PZI Teachers

Koans
Zhaozhou's No (GG1)(BS18), Zhaozhou’s Dog (GG1)(BS18)
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animals, birds, Blue Dragon’s Cave, buffalo, butterfly, dogs, dolphin, donkey, elephant, fox, goose, lion, monkey, ox, Oxherding Pictures, rhinoceros, tiger, Tyger, Zhuangzi
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Dharma Theme, Text

Animals give us the gifts of their living presence, and we feel the profound effect they have on our lives. Animals surprise and enlarge us. We become the animal we are seeing, and that is a primary Zen move. The way we become the world that we are part of, is a profound part of Zen.

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Audio September 7, 2021

Taking the Risk – Meditating with a Tyger at the Summer Lake

Allison Atwill, Michelle Riddle, Tess Beasley

Koans
Guishan's No Foundation to Rely On (BS37)
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gate, Guishan, July 18 2021, lion, risk, tiger, vulnerability
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Audio

Meetings in Zen can feel risky just like meeting a “tyger” or a mountain lion on a footpath. And yet that is the open gate, the place where we become available to the gifts of the universe. When barriers to experience are down, anything can happen. Guishan’s enlightenment did not stop his travels, and a tiger helped him think twice about leaving his monastery.

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