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Blue Collar Zen

Blue Collar Zen

By: spiritual folk-tales & conversations at the Detroit Zen Center
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Come into the tea-room & with Zen monks Hwalson, and his student Myungju, at the Detroit Zen Center, as they read spiritual folk-tales, and share conversations about them.

Detroit Zen Center 2020 Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Spirituality
Episodes
  • LIVE! Cotton Sock Flower; the Origin Story of Sudeoksa Temple

    LIVE! Cotton Sock Flower; the Origin Story of Sudeoksa Temple
    Dec 26 2025

    The Origin Story of our Mother Temple, Sudeok-sa.

    COTTON SOCK FLOWER

    Eighteen Hundred years ago, a young academic man named Sudok went out on a hunt with his servant, and came across a mysterious young lady in the forest. A heart churning tale of both joy and misery unfolded, as the young man is led all the way up the spiritual path by his true love.

    We hope you enjoy the the Origin Story of our Mother Temple, Sudeoksa. It was recorded in front of a live audience inside the Detroit Zen Center Meditaiton Hall on 11/20/25.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Tumbledown Sage

    Tumbledown Sage
    Jul 4 2024

    A thief becomes a sage, after his foot is chopped off as punishment for his crimes. As a transformed man, people trust and follow him.

    Join us in the tea room as Sunim reads the story of the great sage Tumbledown, as told by Confucius, and then he and Myungju asks Sunim to share his thoughts on the path.
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    39 mins
  • Of Fire and Weeds

    Of Fire and Weeds
    May 3 2024

    A story within a story.

    An unremarkable monk, a scholar & a young disciple. A loving wife & a foolish husband. Their lives separated by time, but cross on the mountaintop, with fire and weeds the great teachers.
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    35 mins
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