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	Podcast:		Upaya Zen Center
	Episode:		Matthew Kozan Palevsky: The Dharma Gate of Ease and Joy
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:42:36
	Publish Date:		2019-09-23 06:00:42
	Description:		Are you joyful? What is the difference between joy and happiness? Matthew Kozan Palevsky asks such questions in his exploration of the role of joy in dharma. Laughingly, Kozan explains, “I’ve been reading the sutras very carefully about joy and it turns out that joy, not suffering, is at the heart of Buddhism.” This talk is both an invitation to change our way of responding to the conditions that we’ve been given, and it is a call to go find the things which make us joyful—a deep dive into the dharma gate of joy, and an introduction to Willow, a fuzzy ball of Labradoodle puppy delight. Matthew Kozan Palevsky Matthew Kozan Palevsky first traveled to Upaya in 2006 for a weeklong silent retreat, or sesshin. He returned eight years later to join the resident body and was ordained as a novice priest by... More
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