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Teisho: Valerie Forstman: You Are That Shining

January 25, 2024

This teisho by Valerie is offered on the night of the first full moon of the new year while a gentle snow settles on the piñon pines outside the zendo. Questions like: “What is this? Who am I? What is the full moon?” settle on us like snowflakes on the pine trees. Our koan to consider is Case #13 from the Blue Cliff Record, or Hekigonroku, “Haryo’s Silver Bowl.” A monk questions, “What is the Deva school?” Haryo responds, “Heaping snow in a silver bowl.”

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