DHARMA SPRING

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     A student came to see Fayan and said, "Reverend, I am Huichao. What is Buddha?"
     Fayan replied, "You are Huichao!"

Often we can be living our lives from the perspective of stories we generate about ourselves and the world. Those stories come out of a place that is fluid, dynamic and alive, boundless, always accessible, always here. It's a place where we and all things are continually abiding and continually emerging from, and to which we can continually return and once again emerge, refreshed and renewed.

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This talk includes information about the origins of the Koan Way, as well as an exploration of a koan by the 9th Century Chan/Zen teacher Linji Yixuan:

"There is a True Person of no rank constantly coming in and out through the gates of your face."

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This talk is from a meditation retreat, during which we kept company with a phrase by the 8th Century Chan/Zen teacher Shitou Xiqian:

"Walking the Way, you are never near or far from it;
deluded, you are cut off from it by mountains and rivers."

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