If you are interested in koan introspection practice, the Western master John Tarrant is doing some very intriguing things these days. A master of the Harada-Yasutani reform of Hakuin’s koan curriculum, arguably the most subtle and creative of koan teachers in the West, author of Bring Me the Rhinoceros, and my principle teacher, John has of late been playing with public koan work. I don’t see it as a substitute for the traditional forms, nor do I think he does, either, but a genuine enhancement for those engaged in the work of the fundamental matter.
The Zenosaurus Course in Koans is similar in some ways, I think, to Small Group ministry, a spiritual practice emergent within Unitarian Universalism. Which, I admit, I find a small delight…
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