In this talk, Abbot David weaves together personal stories regarding “seeing” with teachings by Vasubandhu, Shakyamuni Buddha, and Suzuki Roshi in an exploration of the nature of perception.The radical proposition at the heart of the ‘Third Turning’ Yogacara teachings is that we construct, through our way of looking, what we experience. We do not see the “real world” and others in it, but only projections of our karmic consciousness, which more often than not leads to our suffering.

08/08/2021, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.