Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 05/27/2021 - Blue Cliff Record, Case 57 - Zhaozhou's "Stupid Oaf" - In the language of the Dharma, how is "the self" a barrier, and how is it different from our true nature? The challenge when hearing an insult is to see into our own suffering——reactivity and delusion——as the stuff which are the barriers themselves. Shugen Roshi asks the question: While our basic nature is good, happy and peaceful, how do we practice when suffering seems all pervasive? How do we investigate our delusions, remembering that all beings have buddha nature?