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Valerie Forstman: The Skin, Flesh, Bones, and Marrow of Bodhidharma

August 1, 2024

Valerie starts by sharing a quote by Kieran Meade-Ward from the last day of the 30 Days of Dogen course. And isn’t it interesting that such relaxed clarity doesn’t obscure but makes more plain how these impressions are also made of vanishing…. When thought opens its hand, it’s like the hand wasn’t even there. There’s just the world.” Valerie asks, “So how do we empty our hands….?” She enters into the story of Bodhidharma asking his four enlightened disciples to show him their understanding of Zen.

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