On the third night of sesshin we meet Daowu and his student Jianyuan, who are off to conduct a funeral in the nearby village. Things take an unexpected turn when the student Jianyuan raps on the coffin and demands, “Living or dead?” Daowu takes his student’s question and cares for it in the most thoroughgoing way, beyond even his own death.
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Castlemaine Zen Podcast
A selection of emerging dharma talks from Kynan Sutherland Roshi and Castlemaine Zen