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Guest Teacher Myobun: On Being Groundless

  • May 8, 2025
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Updated: May 9, 2025




The ungraspable Now is always out of date. We’re always, in each moment, encountering something that’s already slipping away. The ground underneath us always shifts. How do we walk forward into the light? Guest teacher Myobun (Esther Freinkel Tishman, of Buddha Eye Temple in Eugene, OR) invokes the wisdom of Elizabeth Alexander’s “Praise Song for the Day,” Sengcan’s “Affirming Faith in Mind,” and her own project Liberty Walks to navigate the shifting path of the present moment.

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