Eon Zen Senior Student Charlie Jodo shares about his life and practice and offers reflections on Case 16 from the Mumonkan. Unmon said, “The world is vast and wide. Why do you put on your seven-piece robe at the sound of the bell?”

There are many forms in our Zen practice. Robes. Bells. Rakusus. Zafus. Chanting. Bowing. Sometimes we can get really hung up on these. We can also get caught on the idea of enlightenment. Or wondering whether we should follow one path or another. The bell is ringing everywhere.

What is calling us? Can we meet that call without separation? What happens when we throw ourselves completely into it, wholeheartedly, without a single thought?