Zen Center of Denver

In the Vimalakirti sutra, the great layman Vimalakirti transformed his house into an empty room and lay upon a solitary invalid’s couch. The Buddha asked Manjusri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, to visit him. Although a myriad of goddesses and gods,…

A monk asked Baizhang, “What’s the most extraordinary thing?” Baizhang said, “Sitting alone on this sublime peak.” The monk bowed, whereupon Baizhang hit him. – Case 26 in the Blue Cliff Record To misquote Thomas Paine: These are the times…