Thursday Aug 21, 8:30am

Friday Aug 22, 7:00pm

This Week’s Koan

Book of Serenity #57
One Thing

Venerable Gonyo asked Joshu,

“How is it when a person does not have a single thing?”

Joshu said, “Throw it away.”

Gonyo said, “I say I don’t have a single thing. What could I  ever throw away?”

Joshu said, “If so, carry it around with you.”

Thursday Aug 14, 8:30am

Friday Aug 15, 7:00pm

This Week’s Koan

Blue Cliff Record #96
Joshu’s Three Turning Words

Joshu taught the multitude with three turning words:

The clay Buddha does not pass through water.

The gold Buddha does not pass through the furnace.

The wood Buddha does not pass through fire.

Practice Meetings

Thursday Aug 7, 8:30am

Friday Aug 8, 7:00pm

This Week’s Koan

Blue Cliff Record #80
Joshu’s Rushing Water

A monk asked Joshu, “When first born, does the infant also possess the sixth consciousness or not?”

Joshu said, “A ball strikes the surface of the rushing water.”

The monk, in repeating this, asked Touzi, “So what was the meaning and purpose of ‘A ball strikes the surface of the rushing water?’”

Touzi said, “Moment by moment, unceasing flowing.”

Buddha

Practice Meetings

Thursday July 31, 8:30am

Friday Aug 1, 7:00pm

This Week’s Koan

Blue Cliff Record #59
Joshu’s Why Not Quote to the End?

A monk asked Joshu, “The Far-reaching Way is without difficulty, only rejecting picking and choosing.  Just when there is language there is picking and choosing. So what is used for people, Venerable?”

Joshu said “Why don’t you quote these words to the end?”

The monk said, “I only recall up to this part.”

Joshu said, “Only this, The Far-reaching Way is without difficulty, only rejecting picking and choosing.”