On the fourth day of the Gateless Gate sesshin, Monshin Nannette Overley speaks about Case 32 of the Mumonkan, The Buddha Responds to an Outsider. “The moment of slipping is the moment of learning, we don’t need ladders.  The gift of case 32’s verse is to trust life, to know that we will fall, to step into this moment of life with less fear, jumping from the cliff with open hands. When we can’t keep it together, we can’t let go with our hands wide open. Jump into this, this moment, this pain, this boredom,…whatever it is.
Roshi Joan and Hongzhi said it: ‘not one single atom opposes us‘…So let go.”

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Monshin Nannette Overley: SESSHIN: Case 32: The Buddha Responds to an Outsider (Part 4)

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Monshin Nannette Overley: SESSHIN: Case 32: The Buddha Responds to an Outsider (Part 4)

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