Recorded December 2, 2007 Kazuaki Tanahashi Sensei & Roshi Joan Tanhashi Sensei opens this first dharma talk of Rohatsu sesshin by speaking about ignorance and stupidity in relation to both violence and wisdom. Is meditation an escape for us or a way to see our own violence? Roshi Joan Halifax speaks next about bringing everything into the practice. She quotes from Helen Keller, Arthur Miller, Viktor Frankl and others and includes recent experiences from a trip to Vietnam and Nanjing as she asks us to presence things just as they are.
