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Student Talk by Ryoshin “Embracing the Unknown”

February 15, 2018 By musho

 
In this talk Ryoshin states that Zen practice encourages us to cultivate a mind of “not knowing.” Yet, our tendency is to want to control the situation, to want things to be the way we think they are. What is it like to face a situation when we really don’t know? How do we practice then? Ryoshin includes comments on the famous koan “Gutei Raises a Finger.” Recorded February 15th, 2018.
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