A monk asked Yunmen, “What is the teaching of a lifetime?"
Yunmen replied “An appropriate response.”
—Blue Cliff Record, case 14
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After sitting zazen this evening, my Sōtō Zen sangha, engaged the above koan with "council," a group discussion technique borrowed from the Quakers.
Thinking about the current state of the world, our society, and ourselves, we answered the question, "What is an appropriate response?" The goal was to answer quickly, briefly, and with little forethought. It was amazing to hear what bubbled forth from people's minds and bodies and lives.
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What is an appropriate response?
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