Desert Rain Zen Desert Sunrise Retreat, March 2024: Refuge Retreat, 2nd night talk: Tenney

Send us Fan MailTenney gives the second night talk at our March 2024 Desert Rain Zen Desert Sunrise Refuge Retreat.  “There is someone at peace, / walking in the Tao . . . “ (Yongjia Xuanjue, “Song of Realizing the Way”) Is that about realizing “oneness” and, if that’s the case, is that the whole story, the whole of “the absolute”?  Maybe not. As Shitou puts it, in Joan Sutherland and John Tarrant’s translation of “Taking Part in the Gathering” (=, in the Japanese, Sekito, “Sandokai”):We and everything we perceive\are interwoven and not interwoven,and this interweaving continues on and on,while each thing stands in its own place. And this “each thing” standing “in its own place,” as Suzuki Roshi stresses in his book on Shitou’s poem, is also “RI,” the absolute. Dualism or non-dualism? Yes. So: BLAM! That’s (also) it! Corollary (in for a penny, in for a pound): “Each being's eternal radiance appears before you. Each being is an 8,000-foot precipice.”--Miaozong There is someone at peace, walking in the Tao.  (talk given March 20, 2024 at the Redemptorist Renewal Center out at Picture Rocks in Tucson)   *About us:Desert Rain Zen is located in Tucson, Arizona. But almost all our activities take place on Zoom or as hybrid events, so you don't need to live here to practice with us.  Desert Rain Zen podcasts are free. If you'd like to support our podcasting and other activities, you can make a tax-deductible donation on our website at https://www.desertrainzen.org/donate.html  For more information you can email us at [email protected] or find us at https://www.desertrainzen.org/ and on Facebook.You can also find additional teachings and updated information about Tenney's various activities at https://tenneynathanson.com/ and on his Substack at https://tenneynathanson.substack.com/p/about-tenneynathansonzen