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Transforming Life’s Unjust Blows
San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
English - November 10, 2022 04:00 - 42 minutes - ★★★★ - 155 ratingsBuddhism Religion & Spirituality zen buddhism dharma mahayana suzuki roshi Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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11/09/2022, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center. As part of the exploration of koans from the Blue Cliff Record, Abbot David unpacks Case 75, “Wu Chiu's Unjust Beating.” He considers what is it to receive the unjust “blows” of life and not make them personal, to not harbor anger and resentment, and to not make a self out of them. How might we learn to transform unfair experiences in such a way that they can become opportunities for liberating insight?