Finding Our Way

About this episode

Sensei Fushin discusses the weight of personal grief and societal upheaval, reframing our urgent concerns through the lens of the Lotus Sutra.

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Fushin addresses what so many of us are carrying right now — the weight of a world in upheaval, the accumulation of personal grief, and the stories we tell ourselves at three in the morning when everything feels urgent and nothing feels within reach. Drawing on the Lotus Sutra’s parable of the burning house, Fushin reframes the question entirely… Source

Topics covered

• grief
• personal stories
• Lotus Sutra
• spirituality
• world upheaval

Keywords

• Dharma Talk
• burning house
• spiritual guidance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Finding Our Way, the Lotus Sutra’s

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