Dongshan’s Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi | Taigen Dan Leighton | Online

February 8, 2025 | 1 PM Central Standard Time (Noon Eastern Standard Time)  |  Online

We will discuss the “Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi” (Hokyo Zammai) by Dongshan Liangjie (807-869; Jpn.: Tozan Ryokai), founder of the Chinese Soto Zen lineage, Caodong Chan [pronounces Tsaodong] in Chinese. This long poem by Dongshan is a fundamental teaching in the whole Soto Zen tradition, and presents incisive and insightful perspectives on actual practice. The seminar will be based on material from Taigen’s book “Just This Is It: Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness” (Shambhala).

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