Peach Blossoms & the End of Doubt

Today, Roshi John Tarrant offers a guided meditation on a spring koan from the canonical Blue Cliff Record. It tells the story of longtime practitioner Lingyun, wandering in the mountains on a spring day, and suddenly, really seeing peach blossoms for the first time. He writes this verse: For thirty years I searched for a master swordsman, how many times did the leaves fall, and the branches burst into bud? But from the moment I saw the peach blossoms, I've had no doubts. Tarrant invites listeners into their own experience of peach blossoms, not as some distant historical anecdote but as a plunge into the vivid beauty of each unfolding moment. Learn more about this episode of Meeting the Inconceivable at https://www.pacificzen.org/13