Recorded on June 24, 2023.
Roshi Martin shares a chapter from the forthcoming book - The Zen Life of Bodhisattvas - on Case 25 of the Gateless Barrier, Yang-shan’s Sermon from the Third Seat.
The case:
Yang-shan dreamed he went to Maitreya’s realm and was led to the third seat. A senior monk struck the stand with a gavel and announced, “Today, the one in the third seat will preach.”
Yang-shan arose, struck the stand with the gavel, and said, “The truth of the Mahayana is beyond the Four Propositions and transcends the Hundred Negations. Listen, listen.”
Image: Manjushri, photography and art by Rafe Martin
