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Dharma Talk: "Zen Practice: Sweeping the Ground of our Lives" with Valerie Forstman

Dharma Talk: "Zen Practice: Sweeping the Ground of our Lives" with Valerie Forstman

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In this talk, Valerie returns to the basics of Zen practice beginning with a beloved verse by the renowned 8th century Chinese poet, Li Po. The poem is both a practice pointer and an expression of the fundamental reality we can discover along the way as practice unfolds: the essential world that is empty, boundless, and one, while, at the same time, exactly the world of our everyday lives. As a pointer to this one reality, the talk takes up case 21 in the Shoyoroku or Book of Equanimity, "Ungan Sweeps the Ground." Two dharma brothers meet each other eye to eye and invite us into the dance where form and emptiness are not two. Not even one.

Recorded July 31st, 2025

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