San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Transforming Life’s Unjust Blows

11.10.2022 - By San Francisco Zen CenterPlay

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11/09/2022, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center. As part of the exploration of koans from the Blue Cliff Record, Abbot David unpacks Case 75, “Wu Chiu's Unjust Beating.” He considers what is it to receive the unjust “blows” of life and not make them personal, to not harbor anger and resentment, and to not make a self out of them. How might we learn to transform unfair experiences in such a way that they can become opportunities for liberating insight?

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