<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nExactly. There might, of course, be something else to be seen and\/or a clearer presentation, but this kind of confidence is really a good spirit for this work.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span>And yet that isn\u2019t the full story. There is letting go, sometimes thought of as deconstruction of the phenomenal world, and there is reconstruction, what Dogen called \u201cmaking manifest the great earth\u2019s goldenness.\u201d These two are like the front and back foot in walking.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
In order for the incredible message of the buddhadharma to be clearly communicated to in the global culture, we need to drop a lot, especially frames about the teacher-student relationship, so that we can truly be in a teacher-student relationship. The parent-child frame is one idea that needs to be deconstructed. The teacher as the person who affirms a student\u2019s understanding is another.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span>I\u2019ll leave you with a koan that comes to mind that brings the deconstructive and reconstructive aspects together:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Jingqing asked a monk, \u201cWhat\u2019s that noise outside the door?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/div>\nThe monk said, \u201cThe sound of raindrops.\u201d<\/span>
Jingqing said, \u201cAll beings have it backwards. They don\u2019t see their own body and chase after objects.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n
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