This talk centres on Case 42 of the Mumonkan, “Manjushri and the Young Woman in Samadhi.” Here we see a drama played out in which the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Manjushri, is unable to wake a woman from samadhi and is seemingly trounced by the Bodhisattva of Delusive Wisdom, Momyo.
As an appetiser, Case 1 in the Record of Empty Hall, is mentioned. Again we see Manjushri play the fall guy in, “The World-Honored One Breaks Through Inside and Outside”.
Given on the 4th day of Twining Vines Rohatsu Sesshin at Silver Wattle Quaker Centre. Dec 4, 2024.
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