Dharma Discourse by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei

Shugen Sensei says that we often turn away from the essential to the trivial, recalling a poem by Rumi, “we are sitting on the edge of a roof, drunk.” Due to this, Shugen Sensei implores us to move carefully.  This koan is not about, ‘everything I do is Zen.’ Instead, it is about the care of all beings.  The koan in this collection is “The Essential Matter†from The True Dharma Eye case 209. This discourse was given at the Zen Center of New York City, January 26th,  2014.