Saturday, April 16, 2022
Not knowing...
Not knowing is most intimate (Zen koan). I am always making up stories. What is the story here? Is this a thing that others have seen?
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
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The Red Thread
Why can’t clear-eyed bodhisattvas sever the red thread?
Not even an ocean of silence
and stillness can quench it;
Not even vast emptiness
can exhaust it—
it splashes out over
the whole cosmos, vibrant,
passionate, alive!
——Peg Syverson
Not even an ocean of silence
and stillness can quench it;
Not even vast emptiness
can exhaust it—
it splashes out over
the whole cosmos, vibrant,
passionate, alive!
——Peg Syverson
Saturday, March 26, 2022
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Reflections on Talks on Buddha's Lists
During a recent Appamada Intensive our students gave talks on Buddha's lists. Here are my reflections on their talks.
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Rhinoceros Fan (an infamous koan) One day Yanguan called to his attendant, "Bring me the rhinoceros fan." The attendant said, ...