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75 – Sekito Kisen’s Sandokai: The Identity of Relative and Absolute – Part 2
75 – Sekito Kisen’s Sandokai: The Identity of Relative and Absolute – Part 2
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Oct 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This my second episode on the Sandokai, an ancient teaching poem composed by Chinese Zen master Sekito Kisen (Shitou Xiqian, 700-790). It’s recited daily in Soto Zen temples throughout the world - one of only a handful of Zen or Buddhist scriptures similarly honored. In the first episode I read the whole poem, discussed the “big deal” about absolute and relative (why Zen talks about this topic so much), and started exploring the Sandokai line by line. In this episode I finish up that exploration.
Released:
Oct 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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