EPISODE · Oct 14, 2018 · 39 MIN
Daring to Ask: Gateless Gate, Case 31, Zhaozhou Saw Through the Old Woman
from Ocean Mind Sangha · host Ocean mind Sangha
We have to be willing to take a risk in order to see clearly. In this talk on case 31 of the Gateless Gate: Zhaozhou Saw Through the Old Woman, Zuisei speaks of the spiritual life as a perilous journey. “Every time we ask,” she says, “we expose ourselves. But when we don’t ask, we also expose ourselves. So we might as well take a risk—be wild and daring—and see what comes of it.”
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We have to be willing to take a risk in order to see clearly. In this talk on case 31 of the Gateless Gate: Zhaozhou Saw Through the Old Woman, Zuisei speaks of the spiritual life as a perilous journey. “Every time we ask,” she says, “we expose ourselves. But when we don’t ask, we also expose ourselves. So we might as well take a risk—be wild and daring—and see what comes of it.”
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Daring to Ask: Gateless Gate, Case 31, Zhaozhou Saw Through the Old Woman
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