The Great Way Is Not Difficult

Zhaozhou taught, “’The great way isn’t difficult if you don’t pick and choose.’ As soon as I speak,
you’ll think, ‘That’s picking and choosing,’ or ‘That’s clear.’ But I don’t identify with clarity. Can you live like that?”
A student asked, “If you don’t identify with clarity, what do you live by?”
“I don’t know.”

If only you don't pick & choose
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  • August 15, 2019
  • 58' 22"

The Transformation of Things

Allison Atwill

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Allison talks about the ‘transformation of things’ referred to in the Zhuangzi koan where he dreamed he was a butterfly. Summer Sesshin, 2019

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Zhuangzi Dreamed He Was a Butterfly
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Chuang tzu, Mt. Madonna Center, Summer 2019 retreat, Zhuangzi
Summary

Talk: The Transformation of Things – Recorded at Summer sesshin Mt Madonna July 2019

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