Grasping and Aversion

FromRochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)

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Grasping and Aversion

FromRochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)

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Apr 28, 2024

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Bringing awareness to the habitual reactivity that diminishes our lives. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
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Apr 28, 2024

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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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September 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 1: Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity by Soko Morinaga: Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor by Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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Grasping and Aversion

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