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Polishing A Tile: Zen Practice

Name: Polishing A Tile: Zen Practice
Uploaded: 2022-09-01T19:30:27.000Z
Duration: 10 min 28 s
Channel: Seiso Cooper
Description: A talk about a traditional Zen koan, "Nangaku Polishes a Tile" in support of the Soto Zen practice of shikantaza (just sitting, only sitting) by describing a traditional commentary and Eihei Dogen's radically non-dualistic interpretation.

by Seiso Cooper

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A talk about a traditional Zen koan, "Nangaku Polishes a Tile" in support of the Soto Zen practice of shikantaza (just sitting, only sitting) by describing a traditional commentary and Eihei Dogen's radically non-dualistic interpretation.

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