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Ten Thousand Feet Down

I taught this koan at a recent one-day retreat.

“In the sea of Ise,
10,000 feet down, lies a single stone.
I want to pick it up that stone,
without getting my hands wet.”

For me, with no pun intended, this is a deep koan, it’s a k...

4 years ago
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Like Water for Chocolate

Qian lived a long time ago and is the heroine of a famous Zen koan:

Wuzu asked a monk, the woman Qian and her spirit separated, which is the true Qian?

Recently Qian visited me at my studio; she said she was feeling lost and disconnected...

4 years ago
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    A Zen teacher (Roshi) in the style of renegade Zen Master, Ikkyū Sōjun. Guy is the Director of the London Zen Centre, in London, Ontario, Canada.

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