Audio Files
June 10, 2020
61' 55"

When All Buddhas Are Destroyed, What Remains?

Jesse Cardin

Description

The “me” loves its ideas, structures, and concepts, and so does society. Some of those constructs are always dissolving.

Koans

What Is the Problem?, Zhaozhou's True Buddha (MK56)(BCR96), Zhaozhou’s Three Turning Words (BCR96)

Tagged

buddhas, destruction, discomfort, having nothing, not knowing, ordinary mind, turning words, Zhaozhou

Summary

Zhaozhou said, “Clay buddhas cannot pass through water; metal buddhas cannot pass through a furnace; wooden buddhas cannot pass through fire.”

Which Buddha survives?

The “me” loves its ideas, structures, and concepts, and so does society. Some of those constructs are always dissolving. Jesse Cardin explores the discomfort with change in societal norms and our own personal norms.

Jesse Cardin gives a dharma talk in Wednesday Zen (special series) on June 10th, 2020.