Today we talk bout the various versions of Joshu's cypress tree. Book of Serenity, the Mumonkan, to Sayings of Joshu, each have version and sometime multiple mentions of the legendary tree. Listen to our controversial and intense talk about the meaning of this mysterious tree. 

Todays guest: Micah, Brian, Dan, and Jim.

KNOT-ZEN EP 3 || Joshu's "Cypress Tree"

Hey, we are back with episode two. Today we go over the famous Mu case, mainly from the Book of Serenity (translated by cleary, Case 18) and from The Gateless Gate (translated by sekida, case 1). 

Todays Guest are Brian, Scott, Dan and Jim. We hope you enjoy and stick around. This one was a long one, but a lot of fun!

KNOT-ZEN EP 2 || Joshu's "Dog"

We talk about case 57 of the Blue Cliff Record, Joshu's "I Alone Am Holy Throughout Heaven and Earth" via various translations.

 Todays Thieves are Dan, Micah, Kevin and Jim.

KNOT-ZEN EP 1 || Joshu's "I Alone Am Holy Throughout Heaven and Earth"

A channel about Zen, mainly the patriarchs, zen classics, and the koans associated to them. We talk about classics such as The Blue cliff record, The Gateless Gate, Book Of Serenity, and zen master such as  Joshu, Boddhidarma, Foyan, Ummon, Linji, Layman Pang. 
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