It’s Not Like Something
· · actualization, Buddha ancestors, Five Ranks, Mahaparanirvana Sutra, practice, transmission
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
The True Dharma Eye, Case #101
Zen Mountain Monastery, 11/17/2018
In this talk, Shugen Roshi takes up the lines central to our Ango study of Buddha ancestors: “I am like this. You are like this. All the ancestors in India were like this.” Through the lens of Master Dongshan’s Five Ranks, he speaks of the importance of practicing, actualizing and transmitting that which is always present and cannot be taught.