Zen and Splendor of the Ordinary

Duration: 34:48Date: March, 2010 (exact date unknown),Duration: 34:48"A talk on the reality revealed by the Buddha and the human condition. Themes include: the painful but splendid nature of the human condition; the impermanence of heaven, hell, and all the realms in Buddhism; the present moment; Sat-Chit-Ananda; Buddha-nature; Zen's emphasis on the ordinariness of 'now'; The Flower Sermon; the magic of the ordinary; barriers to awakening; the Divine; evolving from taking to giving; gratitude and bowing