From dharmapodcast: DP 30 Rohatsu - Introduction to Sesshin Practice and King Ashoka

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Time: 35:10 Talk 1:
Recorded December 01, 2006, Upaya Zen Center
In this introductory talk, the teachers give inspiring words about the heart of practice: Kaz Sensei provides background explanation of Rohatsu; Enkyo Roshi gives a talk on concentration meditation, and Roshi Joan provides instruction for meditation, intentionality, and precautions for sesshin.

In this series of talks given by Kazuaki Tanahashi Sensei, Enkyo O'Hara Roshi, and Joan Halifax Roshi,  the practice sangha formed by Rohatsu sesshin explores the topic of King Ashoka. King Ashoka was responsible for many atrocities, including the deaths of thousands."
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