Recorded August 22, 2007
Speaker: Roshi Joan Halifax
Roshi Joan Halifax gives this talk during the intensive Bodhidharma sesshin. She talks about stripping away adornments, the importance of mutuality, panoramic perspective, and the practice of shikantaza. She relates Bodhidharma’s journey as a metaphor for our own lives.
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what a wonderful wall to splash some of my history onto, roshi. thank you for this dharma talk, the only digression that arose was your saying that a person who drops the food would have other chances to get it right, for this contradicts our not knowing what may be.
i miss the sangha and its encompassing sacred space, yet am up against the wall here out of necessity as i continue to heal physically, and with podcasts such as this one, spiritually, so with deep gratitude, susan