Norman Fischer & Kaz Tanahashi: 07-19-2014: Dogen’s “Time Being” Sesshin (Part 2)

Summary: Episode Description: Sensei Kaz opens by comparing notes between Dogen’s emptiness and physics/cosmology -- Dogen’s inspired prefiguring of recent physics, derived only from his intimate experience. Sensei Kaz examines e.g. the electromagnetic field – omnipresent in space-time, from vacuums to our own bodies – and the singular nature of the Big Bang, which was not an explosion in space and time but rather of space and time. Roshi Norman reads further from his unpublished “Magnolias All at Once,” along with poems by Mei-Mei Bersenbrugge, Buddhaghosa, and himself. He explores Buddhaghosa’s vision of Buddhist practice as a path of purification -- healing all slights given and received, inviting pain to reveal itself in the trustworthy healing waters of presence: breath, body, earth, space and time. For Series description and Teacher BIOs, please visit Part 1. To access the entire series, please click on the link below: Dogen's “Time Being” Sesshin Series: All 5 Parts