Home

Teaching
schedule


Biography

San Francisco
Sitting Group


San Francisco
Zen Center


Koan Class

     Entry into the
   Book of Serenity

 

Painting by Luminous Owl; calligraphy by Reb Anderson


















Painting by Luminous Owl; calligraphy by Reb Anderson




The donkey looks at (its reflection in) the well

The well looks at the Donkey



One side of practice involves our effort and culminates in a conceivable liberation. Another side is how all things come forth and realize us – this is inconceivable liberation.

On March 27, 2005, the Koan class reached case 100 in the Book of Serenity. The class started around 1990. To celebrate, students wrote poems based on the cases and they were presented to Tenshin as a book. Please enjoy these wonderful poems.


Koan Class Tribute