Tokuyu Hoshi takes up the koan “Caoshan’s Fulfillment of Filial Piety” to examine how we can more skillfully work with our most difficult emotions. In our sadness, shame and embarrassment, perhaps we can notice that they’re fine, actually—that we have nothing to hide. Recorded December 12, 2019.


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Tokuyu Hoshi takes up the koan “Caoshan’s Fulfillment of Filial Piety”

to examine how we can more skillfully work with our most difficult emotions.

In our sadness, shame and embarrassment, perhaps we can notice that they’re fine,

actually—that we have nothing to hide. Recorded December 12, 2019.

The post Talk by Tokuyu Hoshi, "How To (not) Wear the Mourning Clothes" first appeared on The Village Zendo.