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Blue Collar Zen

By: spiritual folk-tales & conversations at the Detroit Zen Center
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  • Summary

  • 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
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Episodes
  • 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
  • The Old Man with a Broken Arm

    The Old Man with a Broken Arm
    Mar 22 2024

    War: The curse of humanity. An old man with a wrangled & broken arm shares his story from youth, of being the lone surviving man in the entire region, of a long & bloody war in 8th century China that killed 10 million men over the course of decades.

    A story in the book of prose & poems by Po Ch'u I, a famous poet & Taoist of 8th century China. Translated by David Hinton.
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    39 mins
  • Cutting up of the Ox

    Cutting up of the Ox
    Feb 7 2024

    A simple cook teaches his ruler (the Emperor) about the Tao.
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    35 mins
Psychology Hygiene & Healthy Living Spirituality
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