Talk by Joshin Roshi “When the Bottom Falls Out”
Village Zendo Teacher Talks
English - February 15, 2020 15:30 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsBuddhism Religion & Spirituality Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What happens when life as we know it changes, when our previous assumptions no longer hold and the structures by which we know ourselves collapse? Using Chiyono’s experience of kensho in No Water No Moon, Joshin shows how Zen practice helps us accept the fact of death in life itself.
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What happens when life as we know it changes,
when our previous assumptions no longer hold and
the structures by which we know ourselves collapse?
Using Chiyono’s experience of kensho in No Water No Moon,
Joshin shows how Zen practice helps us accept
the fact of death in life itself.