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Spring Retreat Talk 1, Joshu’s Dog: Crossing Over, Fully Arrived with Valerie Forstman

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Josu's Response to the Monk's Question

Josu would have been an old man at the time of this exchange well into his hundred years of practice. Soft-spoken, a sparkling light coming from his lips and mouth when he spoke. His responses are simple and utterly fitting, immediate. Dogan thought, Josu alone among the masters, all these ancestors, that he had forgotten any trace of awakening. He's just alive. Just respond.

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