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Carmen Afable: Breathing Mu

August 22, 2024

Zen teacher Carmen Afable grounds her teisho in Shoyoroku case #93: Roso Does Not Understand. After reading the case, Carmen reminds us that we are the treasure and pearl of great value discussed in the koan. She says, “the Kensho experience is right before our eyes but we cannot see it as we are full of our delusive selves.” But Mu is everywhere, and the entire universe is “Mu-ing.” We are Mu, the finest jewel. When we sit together, barriers disappear, self falls away, delusions lessen, and we become one sangha breathing “Mu.” All is interconnected; all is saving sentient beings; all is Mu.

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