# The Mind is Mountains, Rivers, and the Earth

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Podcast: [Zen Mind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/zen-mind-898115)
Published: 2026-04-02T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This talk was offered on Day 2 of the Spring Sesshin at the Boulder Zen Center. It takes up a classic koan exchange: “What is the wondrous clear mind?” – “Mountains, rivers, and the earth. The sun, the moon, and stars.” The talk invites practitioners to investigate where the mind is located in their own experience, moving through a progression: from the familiar default of a private chamber behind the eyes, to attention merged with breath traveling through the body, to the senses opening outw...

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