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2015 January Sesshin

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Connectivity vs stillness

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July 26 2020

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Joy on the Roads

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May 10 2020

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Chanting

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Ritchie Domingue

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Ballad

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Four Green Fields

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May 5 2020

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Oct. 6 2020

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April 28 2020

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Things are not as they seem

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Oct. 12 2020

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July 7 2020

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zoom fatigue

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Oct 18 2020

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PZIZen Online

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sadness

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May 7 2020

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waking

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Tang Dynasty

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May 12 2020

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Momiyo

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Poet - Wisława Szymborska

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protective response

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Always I carry Light and Silence

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Psychic Immune System

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Miriam's Waltz

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dregs of life

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A well undug

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May 13 2020

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July 16 2020

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it's alive!

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Oct 19 2020

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May 11 2020

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unlooked-for help

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Entangling Vines

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no rank

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Two heaps of ashes

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no-self

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Disorderly karmic consciousness

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Painter - David Hockney

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May 15 2020

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Nothing to hide

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Poet - Pablo Neruda

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Lame Yeshe

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vows

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Orange blossoms

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separation vs saturation

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Nothing to rely on

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dualism

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I won't say

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Golden Crowned Sparrow

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HIdden in plain sight

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Tea Shack Lady

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October 2020

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Jingqing

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suffering

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Take the backward step

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depression

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Lindworm Tale

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Master Crag

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Who is Hearing?

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belonging

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Yamada Kuon

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Oct 27 2020

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beloved

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Kamakura Zendo

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Ocr 25 2020

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integration

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Who are we together?

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No-Gate Gateway

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June 25 2020

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Lead off batter

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love

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Sambhogakaya

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Du Fu

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consciousness

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May 14 2020

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predicaments

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Out of nowhere

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Koan Categories

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Where are you coming from?

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No trace

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Suzuki

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SRCZC Talk

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May 18 2020

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beauty

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solitude

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Wumen

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May 19 2020

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aug 9 2020

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2013 Santa Sabina Retreat

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Buma Devi

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avoidance

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Ghosts

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wanting

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Layman Pang & daughter Ling Zhao

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Ghost River

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May 20 2020

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Strawberry parable

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May 21 2020

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Poet- Tony Hoagland

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courage

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2014 Summer Sesshin

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Australia

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love & trust

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Rhinoceros

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legend

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What am I

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faeryland

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Ekai

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Embodying koans

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On the Banks of the Ghost River

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Mu-mon

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Halloween

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Buddha's Dream

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movement

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stillness

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Milk Maid

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6th Ancestor

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Pathos

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Cloud Gate

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May 22 2020

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David Byrne

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May 25 2020

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step by step

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July 11

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stories

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Santa Sabina

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Hongzhi

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Summer sesshin

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bardos

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pilgrim

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Vimalakirti

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May 24 2020

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commentaries

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Moon Like Beauty

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Sutra of Endless Life

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May 6 2020

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liberation

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call and response

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Tam Lin

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slideshow

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Hua Tou

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Nakagawa

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Nov. SRCZC 2019

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Shaggy-dog koans

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Yangshan

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Judi

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Nov 8 2020

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Rilke

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Post Election

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Naomi Nye

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Basho

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making music

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Life of the Buddha

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songs

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Ferry boat

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Great Doubt

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Nazim Hikmet (poet)

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opposition

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Lucille Clifton (poet)

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stinginess

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Chana Bloch (poet)

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scarcity

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According with the Tao

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May 26 2020

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FAQ - KALPA

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gift

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Searching

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wild places

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Lewis Hyde author

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Losing everything

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Closing

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May 31 2020

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True nature

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From the very beginning

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Flower Garland Sutra

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nothing has been withheld."

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Indras Net

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Ryan McCoy

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comments

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connection

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Hanging the Lanterns at the Gates of the Autumn Temple

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Experience

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Lamps

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Nov 30 2020

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measuring

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tao

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Deshan