During this week’s extreme heat wave, Rev. Clairissa explores the teaching of Great Master Tōzan Ryōkai on finding the place beyond heat or cold, in “Give Yourself Up.” 

Tōzan Ryōkai (in Chinese: Dongshan Liangjie, 807-869) was the founder of the Caodong Chan way of practice in China, later known as Sōtō Zen when brought by Dōgen to Japan. Rev. Clairissa begins her talk with a story from Tōzan’s teaching as relayed by Dōgen in 1244 in his talk Shunjū, now Chapter 64 of the Shōbōgenzō, translated by Rev. Hubert Nearman.