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Wisehearted™
Weekly Dharma Talks by Dan Shiro Burrier and guest speakers at Prajna Heart Zen Center. Prajna Heart is a Zen Buddhist Training Center (and an official affiliate of Yokoji Zen Mountain Center) with a physical presence in Los Angeles and a digital online community everywhere. Join us at phzc.org. Previous talks can be found on YouTube and at phzc.org
Wisehearted™
Zen for the Holidays : Dropping expectations and raising context
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Dan Shiro Burrier
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Season 4
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Episode 149
In this dharma talk from Dec 19th, 2021, Shiro talks about taking Zen home for the Holidays, often into non-Buddhist surroundings, traditions and ceremonies. Working line by line with the Meal Gatha, Shiro talks about holding Zen as a context for our lives rather than content to hold or to be sold. How do we work with and drop our expectations of what we think things will be or should be or could be, and instead, just be. Innumerable labors brought us this food, this family, this life. We should know how it comes to us.