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Episode 23: The Stone Drenched with Rain
The stone drenched with rain points the way.
In this episode, Roshi Allison Atwill speaks on a koan born of a haiku by Japanese poet Santoka Taneda.
What does it mean to be drenched in our own lives and experiences?
This episode invites listeners into the constant downpour that is the universe itself.
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The koans bring you back to the transformations in your own life now, not in a future life.
— Allison Atwill
Show notes:
- What might it look like to be drenched in rain
- When meditation doesn’t go the way you hoped
- How to accept our condition
- What is the stone drenched in rain
It is a promising moment when we give up trying to control our situation; not to get out of the rain, but to let it soak through us.
— Allison Atwill
Links mentioned:
- Listen to Episode 2: In the Sea of Ise 10,000 Feet Down
- Learn more about koans
- Learn more about Zen
- John Tarrant’s books:
Whatever conditions you have right now are the current form of your own awakening.
— Allison Atwill