Author Archive for: Kerry

Teisho by Maggie Gluek, roshi ‘Wumen’s One Treasure’ Case 62 from Blue Cliff Record

Jeff Ward, Sensei talks about Silent Illumination

Teisho by Subhana Barzaghi, roshi ‘My heart is not yet at peace’

Jeff Ward, Sensei gives meditation instructions about Silent Illumination or Shikantaza

Teisho by Maggie Gluek, roshi ‘Xing Yang’s non attained Buddha’ Case 9 from Wu-men kuan or The Gateless Barrier

Teisho by Subhana Barzaghi, roshi ‘Verses on the Faith Mind’ from Hsin-hsin Mind by Zen Master Seng-ts’an

Teisho by Gillian Coote, roshi ‘Kingyu’s Rice Bucket Blue Cliff Record #74 Play and imagination are the Way.  Wu-men said  “At the very cliff edge of birth-and-death, you find the Great Freedom. In the Six Worlds and the Four Modes of Birth, you enjoy a samadhi of frolic and play.”   Yes – singing and dancing are the voice of the law.

Teisho by Gillian Coote, roshi ‘Step from the Top of the Pole’ Mumonkuan #46/Book of Serenity #79:   How do you live Hakuin Zenji’s ‘this very body, the Buddha’ when you step off the 100-foot pole and out into life, making your way into difficult places, amongst difficult people or when you snuggle up with your beloved, or ease yourself