2025-11-04 Nature Koans 2: The Cypress Tree in the Courtyard
AZC Weekly talks · Auckland Zen Centre
November 6, 202542m 36s
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Show Notes
This is the second in a series of koans centred on the natural world. The koan is Case 37 in the Mumonkan, Zhaozhou's Cypress Tree in the Courtyard.
Sources: Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek by Annie Dillard and Two Zen Classics by Katsuki Sekida.