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Ordinary Mind is the Way
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Jun 30, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, RoshiZen Mountain Monastery, 6/30/2019Gateless Gate, Case 19Zhouzou asks Master Nanquan, “What is the way?” and is instructed, “Ordinary mind is the way.” What are we to make of this, where clearly there is more below the surface to be reckoned with? This talk is third in a series on sacred mountain training, this time looking at living and practicing within the world of distractions, contradictions and trouble. Shugen Roshi cites the tenth Ox-herding verses to describe the mystery and groundedness of ordinary mind:Barefooted and naked of breast, I mingle with the people of the world. My clothes are ragged and dust-laden, and I am ever blissful. I use no magic to extend my life; Now, before me, the dead trees become alive.
Released:
Jun 30, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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