00:02:00 - Koan - 'Not Helping'
00:08:47 - Exercise - in Groups of - 1. Reflect on the Koan for 5 minutes - 2. Speak to what it brings up in you, if anything
00:08:55 - Joel Invites Participants to Share
Koan taken from :
Zen Master Raven: Sayings and Doings of a Wise Bird - 2002 - Robert Aitken
'Not Helping'
After a talk by Raven about the Precepts, Woodpecker said, “The Cowbird lays her eggs in the Wren’s nest and the two wrens have to hustle to feed the cowbird’s baby as well as their own. I don't see why the wrens stand for it, especially since the cowbirds baby is a lot bigger, and theirs has a huge appetite. Maybe the wrens are really Bodhisattvas, selflessly devoted to helping others”.
Raven said “They arn't helping the Cowbirds”
