Talk by Daishi Hoshi “Renunciation and the Backward Step of Zen”

Recorded 02/19/2026
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What does it mean to renounce? In this talk, Daishi Hoshi draws on koan tradition, personal experience, and the pressures of contemporary life to explore what turning toward our desires, rather than fleeing or indulging them, makes possible.

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