Make Way, here he comes, ring bells, cloth-cover the drums!

The King himself comes to greet one of our favorite Zen Masters, Joshu!  He is a bit surprised at Joshu's seeming lack of greeting him in return.

Tune in and join The Gang as they question who the King might be, if Joshu is just too lazy to get out of a chair, and why he says who he will meet where (just make sure you don't slight The King).

Move your feet? Lose your seat!

In this week's episode, Zen Master Yunmen asks monks, when they hear the bell to go to class, why they're even getting up.

Make sure you're on time to join as The Gang examines the question Yunmen asks us: Why are we here?  Why aren't we there? The world has many things going on - why are you listening to this instead of that?  Seeing this instead of tasting that?

Don't think these are rhetorical questions... and, even if you think he's making fun of you, who's Yunmen to tell you what to do anyway??

Yunmen's back at it again, only this time the tables are turned!

Come join the Sangha as The Gang tries unscrambling the 15th Case of the Blue Cliff Record.

See if you can discover who is "Dying with you, being born with you, to give your certainty."

Uh oh!  Looks like this is another episode of Knot Zen After Dark.

The Gang explores the 14th Case of the Blue Cliff Record and pushes the limits of appropriate statements.  And this is just part 1! 

Be sure to check out Part 2 where everything starts going topsy turvy!

Hold your horses before giving that rating! 

In this episode, Joshu weighs in on raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses as "The Gang" discusses what there is to be disliked and why Joshu would give such a seemingly strange comment to a monk asking about Buddha.

Aww!  Buddha's giving a flower to Kashyapa!  

Join "The Gang" as they discuss the potential meaning(s) behind this gesture and why Kashyapa couldn't help but give a big smile at the scene.

"Do you know da way?"

The Gang discusses this formative Case of Joshu's Enlightenment.  What is 'The Way'?  How can we approach it?  Can we ever be good enough for enlightenment, inner peace, or making our parents proud?

Join in for an episode that has the same trash-talk, goofs, and musings you're used to from Knot Zen with a little extra intimacy sprinkled on top (and not just from Nansen and Joshu!)

In an old Chinese folktale, a girl named Seijo's soul separated from her body - which was the real Seijo? 

In this episode, the Gang tackles the question of soul, mind, and body from the perspective of Zen.  Maybe they'll make up their mind about the answer.