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Talk by Kojin “The Whole Earth is Medicine”
Recorded 07/09/2026
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Drawing on Ummon’s koan "Medicine and Disease Subdue Each Other," Kojin reflects on how joy and suffering are not opposites to escape or attain, but experiences that illuminate one another. Rather than grasping at one and rejecting the other, Zen practice invites us to meet each experience with care, discovering that the whole earth is medicine.
