Turning Words: A Gold Buddha

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi – ZMM – 8/23/25 – The discriminating function of our minds has many benefits, and at the same time we need to reveal how it can become weaponized against ourselves. The furnace of a gold buddha might be seen as the more difficult entanglements of our lives, and yet within these circumstances we are empowered to completely transform the mind that resists and defends. Liberation takes determination and commitment to release our own obstructions. – Part 2 of 3. From the Blue Cliff Record, Case 96: Chao Chou’s Three Turning Words