As we approach the end of the year We will be sharing talks from Michael’s…
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Stormy Sea and Heaven’s River
Using a Haiku by Basho as a jumping off point, Michael continues his exploration of…
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The Whisk, the Staff, Three Heads and Eight Arms
In this talk Michael unpacks Dogen’s essay on The Time Being and argues that an…
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I Had to Stop Reading
In this talk Michael explores anatta (not-self) and emptiness as strategies versus “things.”He argues that…
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Ducks’ Legs Are Short, Cranes’ Legs Are Long
In this Awake in the World Podcast Michael covers the ninth part of the Genjokoan…
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Water Holding and Nestling the Moon
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael muses about the section of the Genjokoan…
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Only Insofar as One Is Speechless…Part Two
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael continues his exploration of Dogen’s Genjokoan and…
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Only Insofar as One Is Speechless…Part One
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael delves into the capacity of questioning to…
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Hope Lives in the Means, Not the End
In this Awake in the World podcast Michael begins with a passage by Wendell Berry…
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Your Life Is Your Life: What Nurtures You?
In this Awake in the World podcast episode, Michael begins with the poem “The Laughing…
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