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Dharma Theme August 2, 2023

Dharma Theme: Sickness and Medicine

PZI Teachers

Koans
Dongshan Sick (BS94), Yunmen’s Medicine and Sickness Cure Each Other (BCR87)
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body, chronic pain, Dongshan, sickness and medicine, surprises, transformation, unexpected help, Yunmen
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Dharma Theme, Text

Usually, casually, I think of myself as being well. When I am sick, wellness is the me I imagine I’ll get back to. I can’t always be sure what is healing and what is the opposite.

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Dharma Theme June 9, 2023

Dharma Theme: Adrift

PZI Teachers

Koans
Changsha Wandering in the Mountains (BCR36), Freely I Watch the Tracks of the Flying Birds (MK23b), Jiashan Meets the Boat Monk, Mazu's Make Yourself a Raft, Solitary Boat
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a solitary boat with no oars, adrift, being lost, carried in the dark, lostness, solitary boat, synchronicity, trusting in the Dao, unexpected help
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Dharma Theme, Text

The mind is a great artist, ceaselessly creating and assessing problems. The territory of the koan is finding the delicious helplessness of the mind and body, and settling into that—it’s the robe of the moment.

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