This Sunday we watched a video of Brother Phao Linh teaching about the Diamond Sutra. He specifically addressed the notion that human beings have an identifiable and bounded lifespan. He challenges several assumptions we hold about our lives having a beginning and an ending. He describes the great understanding and love that can come to us when we dissolve the notion of beginnings and endings.
The video Darryl played is only accessible to folks who took the Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet course, so sharing the link wouldn’t work. If someone would like to listen to a similar teaching that is in discussion format, here is a link to an episode from the Plum Village Podcast – The Way Out is In. The title is Space, Time and the Ultimate Dimension. The discussion takes place with members of the Outrage and Optimism podcast crew and the Way Out Is In crew. You get to hear several different voices, questions and thoughts.
And here is the pdf of the Sutra we studied, excerpts from the Diamond Sutra as translated by Thich Nhat Hanh.
