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Koan Summer: Quiyuan Gives Birth

  • Jul 9
  • 1 min read

In this tender koan (from the Hidden Lamp) Quiyuan describes her awakening in terms of gestation and giving birth. It whispers quiet questions for everyone: what is meditation like for you? How do we take care of the embryo inside ourselves, and in each other? What is that moment when we feel completely stripped bare? What is that presence, pulsing and alive, that we hold and are held by?


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