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	Podcast:		Upaya Zen Center
	Episode:		Norman Fischer: When You Greet Me I Bow (Part 1 of 4)
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		01:18:43
	Publish Date:		2021-11-30 12:00:17
	Description:		When you Greet Me I Bow, Roshi Norman Fischer’s latest book came about differently from his past writing endeavors. For Norman, and his editor, the past four decades of writing can be condensed into four main themes: A) Relationships; B) Buddhist Emptiness teachings; C) Culture & its Shapings, and D) Engagement. Continuing from his Wednesday night Dharma talk, Roshi Norman spends the day with us in two blocks, 3 hours each. In the first half of the first session, Roshi Norman brings in two Zen stories to highlight the ‘intimacy’ of relationships. He ends by segueing his writings on relationship to Zen’s Emptiness teachings. ‘When we are completely implicated in everything, there is warmth and compassion in life. This is the greatness of zazen…we can interpret this as silence…Can we hold this breath?…we share this breath with everyone who lives and will live.’ Roshi Norman Fischer Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a poet and Zen Buddhist priest. For many years he has taught at the San Francisco Zen Center, the oldest and largest of the new Buddhist organizations in the West,... More
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