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David Parks

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Shitou Xiqian

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March 23-26 2017

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Wumen Huikai

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2015 January Sesshin

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magic

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Oct. 4 2020

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august 2 2021

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Oct. 1-4 2020

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July 26 2020

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Ritchie Domingue

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shunyata or emptiness

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ballad

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august 15 2021

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Amyrillis Fletcher

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poet - Jimenez

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Four Green Fields

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changing Places With the Night Sky

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May 5 2020

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world appearing from silence

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Oct. 6 2020

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naming

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self-deception

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April 28 2020

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things are not as they seem

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form and emptiness

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puppets

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nor are they otherwise

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Oct. 12 2020

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awareness

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July 7 2020

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zoom fatigue

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seeing

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sound

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winter solstice

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separation

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July 15 2020

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Oct 18 2020

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counting

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SEPTEMBER 14

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Lanka Batara Sutra

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impossible tasks

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projection

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Stuck

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sadness

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samadhi

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August 29 2021

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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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Family of all living creatures

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protective response

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August 22 2021

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psychic immune system

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Miriam's Waltz

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Mystery School

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poet - Kay Ryan

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dregs of life

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A well undug

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Following Trackless Paths 2

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May 13 2020

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July 16 2020

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Zenosaurus 01

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July 25 2021

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Oct 19 2020

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Danxia

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May 11 2020

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unlooked-for help

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Zenosaurus 03

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September 5 2021

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no rank

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Zenosaurus 04

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2004

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two heaps of ashes

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no-self

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Zenosaurus 05

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unicorn

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Zenosaurus 06

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little me

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Painter - David Hockney

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Zenosaurus 08

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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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Zenosaurus 14

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Lama Yeshe

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orange blossoms

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Zenosaurus 18

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separation vs saturation

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nothing to rely on

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Zenosaurus 09

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Dhammapada

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dualism

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I won't say

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Golden Crowned Sparrow

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Zenosaurus 07

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resentment

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hIdden in plain sight

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Zenosaurus 10

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bitterness

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Tea Shack Lady

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October 2020

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Zenosaurus 11

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Jingqing

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Zenosaurus 12

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Zenosaurus 15

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poet John Milton

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take the backward step

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Zenosaurus 17

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desire

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depression

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Lindworm Tale

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tenderness

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Master Crag

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Zenosaurus 13

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distraction

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the nature of mind

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who is hearing?

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belonging

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Oct 27 2020

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poet T.S. Eliot

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Kamakura Zendo

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Oct 25 2020

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not the wrong life

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integration

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who are we together?

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June 25 2020

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Turning into

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Difficulty

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where are you coming from?

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no trace

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september 11

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May 18 2020

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2021

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solitude

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open heart

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writer Joseph Conrad

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Spring Equinox Return from the Dark

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poet William Merwynn

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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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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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April 4 2021

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frustration

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May 20 2020

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strawberry parable

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May 21 2020

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2014 Summer Sesshin

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love & trust

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2005

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6th Ancestor

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Tricycle magazine

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Cloud Gate

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May 22 2020

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May 25 2020

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epiphanies

,

step by step

,

July 11

,

bodhisattva way

,

stories

,

Santa Sabina

,

Hongzhi

,

Summer sesshin

,

Shakyamuni

,

not holding back

,

carl jung

,

bardos

,

retreat experience

,

the unconscious

,

pilgrim

,

involuntary process

,

Vimalakirti

,

May 24 2020

,

commentaries

,

direct encounter

,

the red book

,

moon-like beauty

,

Sutra of Endless Life

,

mara

,

money

,

May 6 2020

,

obstructions

,

equanimity

,

liberation

,

Tam Lin

,

interwoven

,

flirting

,

slideshow

,

Hua Tou

,

Refuge Vows

,

embarrassment

,

Nakagawa

,

sandokai

,

Nov. SRCZC 2019

,

shaggy-dog koans

,

Yangshan

,

taking part in the gathering

,

Judi

,

Nov 8 2020

,

Rilke

,

post election

,

contradiction

,

Naomi Nye

,

losing things

,

Following

,

life of the Buddha

,

March 22 2021

,

songs

,

ferry boat

,

great doubt

,

Poet - Nazim Hikmet

,

Case 94

,

opposition

,

Poet - Lucille Clifton

,

stinginess

,

Poet - Chana Bloch

,

April fools

,

scarcity

,

Weeds

,

May 26 2020

,

FAQ - KALPA

,

Herbs

,

gift

,

searching

,

wild places

,

8th Oxherding picture

,

Author Lewis Hyde

,

losing everything

,

Changqin

,

closing

,

May 31 2020

,

true nature

,

from the very beginning

,

Flower Garland Sutra

,

nothing has been withheld

,

Indras Net

,

Bankei

,

comments

,

connection

,

experience

,

lamps

,

Nov 30 2020

,

measuring