Dharma Sunday
Dharma Sunday
Natural Dharma Fellowship
Yunmen’s Cake: Another Useless “Zen” Tale With Kōtatsu John Bailes
1 hour 51 minutes Posted Oct 25, 2025 at 1:35 am.
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Initially a guided meditation that turns formless, loosening the bonds of the “ghost cave” of discursive thought. And then exploring an ancient Zen skit: stopping, looking, tasting the cake of what some call “just this.” No longer running about looking for what is our “birthright.” Free to act as we are. “I sleep when I’m tired and I eat when I am hungry.” “Our struggle becomes our pleasure.”