Retreat Reports: Other Retreats
Not all of our retreats have been Chan retreats. John Crook was also authorised to teach Tibetan Mahamudra, and from time we have hosted outside teachers from other traditions. This page features reports from such retreats.
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Retreat Report, Koan Retreat September 2022, a poem
Anonymous |Read more of: Retreat Report, Koan Retreat September 2022, a poemPlanting a great oak at Shawbottom
and returning each year to say, “I did that”,
that would be something.
The sapling trees were ready in pots,
the spade resting against the shed.I could only claim a short-lived success
weeding between the paving slabs.
About his many enlightenment experiences
Sawaki Roshi once said,
“they didn’t amount to a whole hill of beans”.In my secret koan, ‘Tokusan’s Bowls’,
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Immeasurable Sweetness
Anonymous |Read more of: Immeasurable SweetnessPale light after dawn
Low clouds scudding over green fields
Weathervane - SSWNine cars
In the yard
TathagatasWelsh hills in June
Misty rain
Wet tentsSunbeams at dusk
Reaching round the corner of the hill
Only this week the sun so farCutting the tall grass
goggle eyed frog leaps for safety
Sorry !Round the temple chanting
Koonyam poussa koon yam poussa
Outside cuckoos callingMorning mantra
Steadies
M…
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