Boundless Way Zen Temple Dharmacast · Boundless Way Zen Temple
Melissa Blacker - Great Doubt
·25 min·2 clips
Why is great doubt considered essential in Zen, unlike in other forms of Buddhism?
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A steady Zen reflection on suffering, endurance, and the opening that can come through difficulty.
The episode stays close to the hard center of Zen practice: meeting suffering directly instead of stepping around it. Hakuin's image of a vast, icebound plain gives the talk its pressure, and Joanna Macy keeps that pressure in the ordinary world of despair, empowerment, and…
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