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This Very Mind is Buddha - Mumonkan Case 30 - Mountain Rain Retreat May 2019

From Everyday Zen Podcasts: http://everydayzen.org/podcast
By Norman Fischer | May 04, 2019
Location: Mountain Rain Zendo
In topic: Koan Studies:

When an ordinary person begins to practice meditation he may feel that there is something to be cultivated and something to be realized. But should he experience a great awakening, he would then understand that there is really nothing to be cultivated and nothing to be realized.

This is so because there is nothing that can affect the true nature. The accomplished sage is not endowed with more of it and the ordinary person is not endowed with less of it. The difference only lies in the fact that the sage has awakened to his true nature, whereas the ordinary person remains ignorant of it.

Sunim, Kusan. The Way of Korean Zen. Shambhala.

Wednesday Evening Meditation Practice

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
The doors open at 6:30 pm and the practice session begins promptly at 7:00 pm with the chanting of the Heart Sutra. We sit in meditation (zazen) for twenty-five minutes, do walking meditation for five minutes, and another twenty-five minutes of sitting. After the last sitting, we serve tea, have a brief Dharma talk and discussion related to our practice. We usually finish up by 8:30 pm.

Sunday Evening
Meditation Practice

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
The doors open at 5:30 pm and the practice session begins promptly at 6:00 pm with the chanting of the Heart Sutra. We sit in meditation (zazen) for twenty-five minutes, do walking meditation for five minutes, and another twenty-five minutes of sitting. After the last sitting, we serve tea, have a brief Dharma talk and discussion related to our practice. We usually finish up by 7:30 pm.

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