Koans with Michael Smith

Koans can show up in multiple ways. They can be healing stories, conversations, poems, fragments of song. Technically, koan is a Japanese term that refers to a legal public case. In Zen, koans are designed to give us pause, to enter deeply our own “case”, revealing how we look at the world.  During several short periods of meditation, we will sit with a koan in the form of a phrase, a story, or a poem. There will be walking meditation and time after each koan to consider together. All are welcome, no previous experience with koans is necessary. Offered by the Bozeman Zen Group and Michael Smith.