Working with Impatience

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Working with Impatience

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Jul 12, 2020

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Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn: Learning patience in the face of our unwillingness to be with things as they are.
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Jul 12, 2020

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Dharma talks by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede and others. Roshi Kjolhede is abbot of the Rochester Zen Center and dharma heir of Roshi Philip Kapleau.

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