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Rohatsu Reflections for 2025


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In this talk:

  • Daiko - Osho san: 'A world that cannot be grasped. A world of change. A vast, open empty sky' 'ku' = emptiness/sky in Japanese - from the Heart sutra.
  • Background to the Rohatsu sesshin - Buddha's great effort prior to Enlightenment. True emptiness - what is this emptiness?
  • Reflections on why the Enlightenment is commemorated in December rather than Wesak in May?
  • The Power of Letting-go - The past is gone, the future is not yet here, the present is a fantasy…
  • The empty heart is resilient because it is empty. 3 temptations of Mara. The space in a cup is its utility and service to the world.
  • Form = Emptiness - the two worlds. - The world of phenomena and the Eternal.
  • Rinzai's 'man of no status'.
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