Blue Cliff Record 70, 71, & 72, How does one Speak with Lips and Throat Closed?
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Episode Description: This talk combines three related Blue Cliff Record cases 70, 71, and 72. We meet Hyakujo, Isan, Goho and Ungan, who grapple with the nature of speech and ultimate
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Blue Cliff Record 69, Nansen Draws a Circle
Episode Description: This talk delineates the classic koan, Nansen Draws a Circle, Blue Cliff Record Case 69. Roshi Henry describes the brilliant craziness of this koan and draws on wisdom
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Blue Cliff Record 68, Kyozan and Your Name
Episode Description: Continuing with the Blue Cliff Record, Henry presents Case 68, Kyozan and Your Name. The talk explores the point of Zen and shows how each of us is
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Blue Cliff Record 67, Fu Daishi Expounds the Sutra
Episode Description: This compelling talk, given in our zendo under the light of the full moon, explores Case 67 of the Blue Cliff Record. In a hushed atmosphere, Roshi Henry
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Blue Cliff Record 66, Ganto and the Sword
Episode Description: This talk explores Case 66 from the Blue Cliff Record, Ganto and the Sword. Roshi Henry Shukman guides us to open our hearts to the alternate dharma reality in which
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Rohatsu Sesshin 2014 Day 4 of 4
The last talk of the sesshin again returns to Continuous Practice, taking us through discussions of Tennyson’s poem “Crossing the Bar,” sweatlodges, cults, faith and the Three Treasures. Image Credit:
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Rohatsu Sesshin 2014 Day 3 of 4
The third talk of the sesshin focuses on “nothing to attain” and “allowing”, and includes beautiful and relevant stories of Tolstoy’s. Image Credit: Above image from Mountain Cloud Image Archives
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Rohatsu Sesshin 2014, Day 2 of 4
In day two, Henry continues the exploration of “Continuous Practice,” and brings in a discussion of the process of sesshin, as well as the book “The Authentic Gate of Zen”
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Rohatsu Sesshin 2014, Day 1 of 4
In this first teisho of the sesshin, Henry introduces Dogen’s fascicle on Continuous Practice, and starts to explore what Dogen meant by that term. The talk includes poetry by Yeats,
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About Suffering They Were Never Wrong: How Zen Relieves Suffering
Episode Description: Zen’s approach to suffering is extraordinary and brilliant. In a chain of koans concerning the early Chan masters, this talk examines that approach, and helps us to experience
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Podcast: Hyakujo and the Wild Duck
Episode Description: This famous koan from the Blue Cliff Record explores Master Hyakujo’s own journey to awakening under the decisive guidance of his master Baso. It also investigates the true
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Podcast: Seppo’s Poisonous Snake
Episode Description: In this talk exploring Case 22 of the Blue Cliff Record, we examine the teachings of the great Tang-dynasty master Seppo, who had a long hard struggle in
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Teisho: What is Zen?
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
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