above: Will Garner get out of dodge mixed media on stonehenge paper

Guishan said, "One hundred years from now I will be reborn as a water buffalo at the foot of this mountain. On the left side of the buffalo’s chest the characters, ‘I am a monk of Guishan’ will be written. If you call it the monk of Guishan, it will be a water buffalo. If you call it a water buffalo, it will be the monk of Guishan. Tell me, what will you call it?”

Zen training, in contrast to casual attendance, may include any and all of these modalities.

online group dharma study and discussion (via email)

practice meetings (virtual and in person)

improv theatre (improv as a Zen artform) (group and individual)

individualized dharma study

koan study (group and individual)

retreat and workshops

instruction (and sewing of a rakusu) in preparation for receiving the Precepts

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