Gyodo Sensei offers further appreciation for Master Dogen’s fascicle “Buddhas Alone Together With Buddhas” and then a talk on Blue Cliff Record Case 66 “Getting the Sword” — grasping the reality of awakened mind, the sword of Prajna.

All of our ideas about awakening and delusion are from the mind of delusion, and get in the way. Likewise, our opinions of right and wrong, of having or not having, can get in the way of wisdom and compassion. In this time of civic unrest and volatility, what mind are you showing up with, right now?