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132 - Restoring Wonder: Hongzhi's Guidepost of Silent Illumination - Part 1
132 - Restoring Wonder: Hongzhi's Guidepost of Silent Illumination - Part 1
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Apr 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode and the next, I riff off of 12th-century Chan master Hongzhi’s short text, “Guidepost of Silent Illumination,” one of the most positive and encouraging Zen teachings a know. By “riff” I mean I’ll play off of, and spontaneously elaborate on, Hongzhi’s words, as opposed to explaining or analyzing them in an exhaustive or comprehensive way. I take this approach because it’s more fun, but also because “Guidepost of Silent Illumination,” like most Chan and Zen writings, is essentially poetry.
Released:
Apr 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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