Tag: Louise Gluck

2021 Term 1 Eco-Dharma Koans Online Zen Group Roshi Susan Murphy Talks Teachers

‘Mutually save, Mutually save.’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date April 28, 2021

Teisho #4 from Term 1 of Taking Part in the Gathering 2021. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Roshi Susan Murphy
25 April 2021

zen open circle · Mutually save, mutually save

Tags Consent, Council of All Beings, Hakuin, Jacinda Ardern, Louise Gluck, Sickness and medicine, The Beatles, The National Teacher Cultivates Practice, The Record of Empty Hall, The Tiger, W.S. Merwin, Xutang Zhiyu, Xutang’s More, Yunmen

Covid-19 Koans Sensei Kynan Sutherland Talks Teachers

‘Nanchuan’s Cat: The Crisis of Human Separation’

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date April 18, 2021

Teisho #2 from Autumn Sesshin 2021. Click here to listen to other talks from this event.

Teacher: Sensei Kynan Sutherland
18 April 2021

zen open circle · Nanchuan's Cat: The crisis of human separation

Tags Anna Swir, Bill Naigi, Louise Gluck, Mu, Nanchuan's Cat, Zhàozhōu

2020 Term 3 Online Zen Group Poetry

The Red Poppy

Post author By Zen Open Circle
Post date October 18, 2020

~ By Louise Glück

The great thing
is not having
a mind. Feelings:
oh, I have those; they
govern me. I have
a lord in heaven
called the sun, and open
for him, showing him
the fire of my own heart, fire
like his presence.
What could such glory be
if not a heart? Oh my brothers and sisters,
were you like me once, long ago,
before you were human? Did you
permit yourselves
to open once, who would never
open again? Because in truth
I am speaking now
the way you do. I speak
because I am shattered.

Tags Louise Gluck