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Valerie Forstman: A Preaching in Accordance

October 17, 2024

Valerie begins this teisho noticing the full moon, The Hunter’s Moon, rising in the night sky. Dogen’s writings include several aspects of the moon as realization, one drop of water reflecting the moon, one illumination. Valerie then invites us into Case #14 of the Hekiganroku (Blue Cliff Record), “A Preaching in Accordance.” A monk asks of Yunmen: “What are the periods and teachings of the whole lifetime of Shakyamuni? Yunmen answers, “A preaching in accordance.” 

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