Posted inBlue Cliff, Introduction to Zen, Koans, MC Podcasts

Teisho: What is Zen?

August 20, 2014

Welcome to Mountain Cloud Zen Podcast (MCZP) Series!

Episode Description: This talk, the first in our new audio podcast series, offers some brief introductory thoughts by way of an overview of Zen training, then an introduction to Zen’s most revered koan collection, the Blue Cliff Record, and finally a look at the first koan in the collection, about the legendary Chinese founder of Zen, Bodhidharma.

This talk was given by our resident teacher, Henry Shukman.

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