Dharma Talk: The Benevolence of Awakening with Valerie Forstman

In this early spring talk, Valerie turns to the way of awakening, discovered and explored as this world – in the midst – just as it is. Not-two.

The talk weaves together a cross-section of experiences of homecoming with case 100 of the Book of Equanimity (Shoyoroku). In the case, Master Kaku of Roya receives the student’s question and responds in kind: “The essential state is pure and clear; how are mountains, rivers, and the great earth produced at once?”

How, indeed. Can we enter the wonder and embody it to the full?

Recorded on April 10th, 2025

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