Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel: Embracing the Fullness of Emptiness

08.05.2019 - By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya AbbotPlay

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“Screaming is sane in a world dying from its own inventions,” reads Sensei Zenju Earthlyn Manuel from a poem she composed during our recent program on Hanshan. Zenju asks, “How are we living and dying from our own inventions?” Her talk relates teachings from the Dhammapada on the relationship between mind and wellbeing to current inventions such as nuclear power and communication technology. Zenju asks us to consider the full implications of our inventions in a world of interrelationship and invites us to engage with our creativity in a way that brings us into greater harmony with each other and with nature.

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