ZenTalks: Three Mothers | Robert Chodo Campbell

"She’s not the mother I would have asked for, but she’s the one that I got." In this recent talk, Sensei Chodo discusses the perfectly-imperfect and powerful women that have granted us all life: from ancient bodhisattvas that visited the hell realms for the sake of all beings to a mother and daughter that find

“She’s not the mother I would have asked for, but she’s the one that I got.”

In this recent talk, Sensei Chodo discusses the perfectly-imperfect and powerful women that have granted us all life: from ancient bodhisattvas that visited the hell realms for the sake of all beings to a mother and daughter that find acceptance and love for each other as the end of life approaches. He then shares about the three mothers that have shaped his own life.

ZenTalk Notes:

Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell is a co-founder of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and is part of the core faculty for the Buddhist Track in the Master in Pastoral Care and Counseling at Zen Center’s education partner, New York Theological Seminary.

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Music: Heart Sutra by Kanho Yakushiji –  Buddhist priest and a musician of the Rinzai sect and Imaji temple in Imabari, Japan. In 2003, he formed “KISSAQUO”, a songwriting duo based in Kyoto.

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