In the Mountains and Waters Sutra, we are invited to study water--to take it up as our body and mind? This level of intimacy is characteristic of the Zen school. Water is alive and life-giving. In Mahayana Buddhism the archetype of Compassion is depicted as the Goddess Kannon, transmuting her tears of grief for the suffering in the world, into Compassion.

This Dharma Talk explores the teachings of the waters of compassion. Compassion can meet us in the places that feel unbearable. Compassion can help us open our hearts to our emotional challenges, vulnerabilities and pain. And also give us the strength to show up for others and our world.

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