Peter takes up two koans that revolve around the primary koan of “Who is Hearing”. Challenging the self to see where we begin and end, we eventually realise it’s not about beginnings or endings at all. There is only one timeless present, sometimes its valley streams, sometimes its rain drops…

This teisho, given by apprentice teacher Peter Bursky, explores Xuansha’s ‘Valley Stream’ and Jingqing’s ‘Raindrops’, at Autumn sesshin 2023 at Kodoji